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The Rotes Rathaus (German: [ˈʁoːtəs ˈʁaːtˌhaʊs] ⓘ, Red City Hall) is the town hall of Berlin, Germany, located in the Mitte district on Rathausstraße near Alexanderplatz. It is the home to the governing mayor and the government (the Senate of Berlin) of the state of Berlin.
The Chancellery complex is not only home to important works of classical modernism, but also works by contemporary German and international artists. The main work in the chancellery is the monumental iron sculpture Berlin by the Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida. The 5.5-metre-high and 87.5-ton sculpture, with its two almost touching arms ...
The Center Potsdamer Platz, known as Sony Center until March 2023, is a complex of eight buildings located at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany, designed by Helmut Jahn. It opened in 2000 and houses Sony's German headquarters. The cinemas in the center were closed at the end of 2019.
Upon the 2001 Berlin administrative reform, Rathaus Schöneberg became the town hall for the newly constituted borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. It was also the permanent home to an exhibition of the life of Willy Brandt (1913–1992), Mayor of West Berlin from 1957 to 1966 and Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany 1969–74. The ...
Though most of the ministries are seated in Berlin, some of them, as well as some minor departments, are seated in Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. Although Berlin is officially the capital of Germany, 8,000 out of the 18,000 total officials employed at the federal bureaucracy still work in Bonn, about 600 km (370 mi) away from Berlin.
Bellevue Palace (German: Schloss Bellevue, pronounced [ʃlɔs bɛlˈvyː] ⓘ), located in Berlin's Tiergarten district, has been the official residence of the president of Germany since 1994. The schloss is situated on the banks of the Spree river, near the Berlin Victory Column, along the northern edge of the Großer Tiergarten park. Its name ...
Berlin (/ b ɜːr ˈ l ɪ n / bur-LIN; German: [bɛɐ̯ˈliːn] ⓘ) [10] is the capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and population. [11] With over 3.85 million inhabitants, [12] it has the highest population within its city limits of any city in the European Union.
Alternative for Germany (AfD): 17 (+4) In 2023, the FDP failed to reach the 5% bar and so was not eligible for representation. The 2023 election was a re-run of the 2021 election after the Constitutional Court of the State of Berlin declared the results invalid due to numerous irregularities and ordered a repeat election within 90 days. [1] [2]