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Mitte
Mitte
Quarter of Berlin
	Panoramic view
	Coat of arms
	Location of Mitte in Mitte district and Berlin
	Mitte Mitte
	Coordinates: 52°31′10″N 13°24′24″E / 52.51944°N 13.40667°E
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Mitte
Founded	1920
Subdivisions	13 zones
Area
• Total	10.7 km2 (4.1 sq mi)
Elevation	52 m (171 ft)
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	107,875
• Density	10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	10115, 10117, 10119, 10178, 10179, 10435
Vehicle registration	B

Mitte on a city map of Berlin's center

Mitte (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪtə] ^ⓘ; German for "middle" or "center") is a central section (Ortsteil) of Berlin, Germany, in the eponymous borough (Bezirk) of Mitte. Until 2001, it was itself an autonomous district.

Mitte proper comprises the historic center of Old Berlin, with the medieval churches of St. Nicholas and St. Mary, the Museum Island, city buildings (Rotes Rathaus and Altes Stadthaus), the Fernsehturm, and the Brandenburg Gate, along the central boulevard of Unter den Linden. For these reasons, Mitte is considered the "heart" of Berlin.

History

Mitte comprises the historic center of Berlin (Altberlin and Cölln). Its history thus corresponds to the history of the entire city until the early 20th century, and with the Greater Berlin Act in 1920 it became the first district of the city. It was among the areas of the city most heavily damaged in World War II.

Following a territorial redeployment by the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom that reshaped the borders of West Berlin's British Sector in August 1945, the western part of Staaken became in effect as of 1 February 1951 an exclave of Mitte, then still a borough of East Berlin. This ended on 1 January 1961, when western Staaken was incorporated into then East German Falkensee, which had already been under its de facto administration since 1 June 1952.

Between 1961 and 1990, Mitte, one of the most important boroughs of East Berlin but close to all three western sectors of the city, was almost surrounded by the Berlin Wall. One of the most important border crossings was Checkpoint Charlie, near Kreuzberg.^[2]

Geography

Position

Situated in central Berlin and mostly in its old town, it is traversed by the river Spree. It borders the localities (Ortsteile) of Tiergarten, Moabit, Wedding, Gesundbrunnen (all in Mitte district), Prenzlauer Berg (in Pankow district), Friedrichshain, and Kreuzberg (both in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg district).

Subdivision

Mitte is subdivided into 13 zones or neighborhoods (Stadtviertel) (the numbers refer to the map above right):

Cölln (1)
- Museum Island (1a)
- Fisher Island (1b)
Alt-Berlin (2)
- Nikolaiviertel (2a)
Friedrichswerder (3)
Neukölln am Wasser (4)
Dorotheenstadt (5)
Friedrichstadt (6)
Luisenstadt (7)
Stralauer Vorstadt (8)
Alexanderplatz (9)
Spandauer Vorstadt (10)
- Scheunenviertel (10a)
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stadt (11)
Oranienburger Vorstadt (12)
Rosenthaler Vorstadt (13)

Sister cities

Higashiōsaka, Japan
Holon, Israel

Main sights

Buildings and structures

Places, squares and streets

Photogallery

Brandenburg Gate
Fernsehturm
Rotes Rathaus
Alexanderplatz
Unter den Linden
Humboldt University of Berlin
Museum für Naturkunde
Potsdamer Platz
Pergamon Museum
Berlin Cathedral and Karl-Liebknecht-Straße
Inside Berlin State Opera
Nikolaiviertel
Berlin Palace with the Humboldt Forum
Museum Island
St. Hedwig's Cathedral
Neue Synagoge
Gendarmenmarkt with Französischer Dom and Konzerthaus
Deutscher Dom
Kunsthaus Tacheles
Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstrasse
Sophie-Gips-Höfe

Transportation

Mitte is served by S-Bahn lines S5, S7, S75, S9 (both on Berlin Stadtbahn); S1, S2, S25, and U-Bahn lines U2, U5, U6 and U8, as well as numerous tram and bus lines.