Mitte
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| Area: | 39.47 km² |
| Inhabitants: | 327,494 (2007) |
| Population density: | 8,297 inhabitants per km² |
| Website: | official homepage (German) |
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| Mayor of Borough: | Christian Hanke (SPD) |
| Parliament of Borough (BVV): | SPD 19, CDU 11, Alliance '90/The Greens 11, The Left Party.PDS 7, FDP 3, The Greys 2, WASG 2 (last election 2006) |
Mitte (in German Bezirk Mitte) is the first and most central borough of Berlin (Mitte is German for middle). Mitte encompasses Berlin's historic core and includes some of the most important tourist sites of Berlin (like the Museum Island, Brandenburg Gate, Unter den Linden and the Reichstag among others), most of which were in former East Berlin. The Brandenburg Gate was the western exit of the historical Berlin until 1861.
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[edit] History
In 2001, Berlin's boroughs were reorganized. The former borough of Mitte, located entirely within former East Berlin, was combined with the boroughs of Wedding and Tiergarten (both of which belonged to West Berlin) to form the new Mitte borough.
[edit] Subdivision
The present-day borough of Mitte consists of six localities:
(the former Mitte borough)
(the former Tiergarten borough)
(the former Wedding borough)
[edit] Twin towns
Higashiōsaka, Japan since 1959
Holon, Israel since 1970
Bottrop, Germany since 1983- Schwalm-Eder-Kreis since 1992
- Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan since 1994
- Tsuwano, Japan since 1995
Tourcoing, France since 1995
VI. kerület (Terézváros), Budapest, Hungary since 2005
Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow, Russia since 2006
[edit] External links
Media related to Mitte at Wikimedia Commons- Official homepage (German)
- Official homepage of Berlin (English)
- Travel Video about Mitte
Coordinates: 52°31′N 13°22′E / 52.517°N 13.367°E
