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The quarters of Berlin and many of their neighborhoods typically have a historical identity as former independent cities, villages, or rural municipalities that were united in 1920 as part of the Greater Berlin Act, forming the basis for the present-day city and state. Berliners often identify more with the quarter where they live than with the ...
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This category regards the 12 districts (or boroughs, in German Bezirke) of Berlin. Subcategories This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total.
The square is named after the Russian Tsar Alexander I, which also denotes the larger neighbourhood stretching from Mollstraße in the north-east to Spandauer Straße and the Rotes Rathaus in the south-west. Alexanderplatz is reputedly the most visited area of Berlin, beating Friedrichstrasse and City West.
Alt-Berlin ("Old Berlin"), also spelled Altberlin, is a neighborhood (Stadtviertel), situated in the Berliner locality (Ortsteil) of Mitte, part of the homonymous borough. In the 13th century it was the sister town of the old Cölln , located on the northern Spree Island in the Margraviate of Brandenburg .
Prior to World War I, the Berlin City Council (Magistrat) redeveloped parts of the area. Since then the core of the neighborhood is the triangular Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, former Bülowplatz, where on 9 August 1931 the Communist and later Stasi Executive Erich Mielke shot two police officers. Mielke fled to Moscow shortly afterwards and did not ...
The neighborhood is populated by residents from varied ethnic backgrounds, with an unobtrusive Bohème charm, but lacking the mannerisms typical of the "hipper" quarters of post-reunification Berlin. The best known person from the neighborhood is Marlene Dietrich , who was born in Leberstrasse 65 (then called Sedanstrasse ) on December 27, 1901.
This category regards the zones (in German Ortslagen, Teile, Stadtvierteln, Orte etc.) in which are divided the 96 localities of Berlin. Pages in category "Zones of Berlin" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.