Mitte (locality)

**Mitte** (German for "middle, centre", commonly uised athoot a airticle) is a central locality (*Ortsteil*) o Berlin in the homonymous destrict (*Bezirk*) o Mitte. Till 2001 it wis itsel a autonomous destrict.

It comprises the historic centre o Alt-Berlin aroond the kirks o St. Nicholas an St. Mary, renouned Museum Island, the ceety haw Rotes Rathaus, the ceety admeenistrative biggin Altes Stadthaus, the famous Fernsehturm, Brandenburg Gate at the end o the central boulevard Unter den Linden an mair main tourist attractions o the ceety. For these raisons Mitte is considered the "hert" o Berlin.

## History

The history o Mitte corresponds tae the history o the entire ceety till the early 20t century, an wi the Greater Berlin Act in 1920 it became the first destrict o the ceety. It wis amang the auries o the ceety maist hivily damagit in Warld War II.

Follaein a territorial redeployment bi the Soviet Union an the Unitit Kinrick that reshapit the borders o Wast Berlin's Breetish Sector in August 1945, the wastren pairt o Staaken became in effect as o 1 Februar 1951 a exclave o Mitte, then still a burgh o East Berlin. This endit on 1 Januar 1961, when wastren Staaken wis incorporatit intae then East German Falkensee, which haed awready been unner its de facto admeenistration syne 1 Juin 1952.

Atween 1961 an 1990 Mitte, ane o the maist important burghs o East Berlin but close tae aw three wastren sectors o the ceety, wis amaist surroondit bi the Berlin Waw. Ane o the maist important border crossins wis Checkpoint Charlie, near Kreuzberg.

## Geografie
### Position
Situatit in central Berlin an maistly in its auld toun, it is traversed bi the river Spree. It borders the localities o Tiergarten, Moabit, Wedding, Gesundbrunnen, Prenzlauer Berg (in Pankow destrict), Friedrichshain, an Kreuzberg (baith in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg destrict).

### Subdiveesion
Mitte is subdividit into 13 zones or neebourheids (*Stadtviertel*) (the nummers refer tae the map abuin 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 ceeties
* **[[Higashiōsaka]]**, Japan
* **[[Holon]]**, Israel

## Main sichts
### Biggins an structurs

*Alte Nationalgalerie
*Altes Museum
*Altes Stadthaus
*Berlin Cathedral
*Berlin State Opera
*Berliner Ensemble
*Brandenburg Gate
*Bode Museum
*Bundesrat o Germany
*Checkpoint Charlie

*Deutscher Dom
*Fernsehturm Berlin
*Französischer Dom
*Friedrichswerder Kirk
*Humboldt Varsity
*James Simon Gallery
*Konzerthaus Berlin
*Kunsthaus Tacheles
*Marienkirche
*Neue Synagoge

*Neues Museum
*Nikolaikirche
*Palast der Republik
*Pergamon Museum
*Reich Air Meenistry
*Rotes Rathaus
*St. Hedwig's Cathedral
*Sophienkirche
*Staatsratsgebäude
*Stadtschloß

### Places, squares an streets

*Alexanderplatz
*Bernauer Straße
*Friedrichstraße
*Gendarmenmarkt
*Karl-Marx-Allee
*Leipziger Straße

*Lustgarten
*Marx-Engels-Forum
*Molkenmarkt
*Museum Island
*Nikolaiviertel

*Oranienburger Straße
*Pariser Platz
*Potsdamer Platz
*Schloßplatz
*Unter den Linden

### Photogallery

Image:Braniborská brána.jpg|Brandenburg Gate
Image:Neptunbrunnen and Fernsehturm (8330762719).jpg|Fernsehturm
Image:Rotes Rathaus.jpg|Rotes Rathaus
Image:Berlin - Alexanderplatz1.jpg|Alexanderplatz
Image:Berlin Unter den Linden Potsdamer Platz.jpg|Unter den Linden
Image:Berlin-Mitte Humboldt-Uni 05-2014.jpg|Humboldt Varsity o Berlin
Image:Berlin Naturkundemuseum 2.jpg|Museum für Naturkunde
Image:PotsdamerPlatz Vogelperspektive 2004 1.jpg|Potsdamer Platz
Image:Pergamonmuseum Front.jpg|Pergamon Museum
Image:Berlin Karl-Liebknecht-Straße.JPG|Berlin Cathedral an Karl-Liebknecht-Straße
Image:Berlin Staatsoper Zuschauerraum 2.jpg|Inside Berlin State Opera
Image:FW Nikolaikirche (Berlin).JPG|Nikolaiviertel
Image:Bode_Museum.jpg|Museum Island
Image:Berlin Bebelplatz asv2018-05 img1.jpg|St. Hedwig's Cathedral
Image:Berlin Neue Synagoge 2005.jpg|Neue Synagoge
Image:Gendarmenmarkt Berlin 2009.JPG|Gendarmenmarkt wi Französischer Dom an Konzerthaus
Image:Berlin Deutscher Dom Apel.jpg|Deutscher Dom
Image:Berlin Kunsthaus Tacheles.jpg|Kunsthaus Tacheles
Image:Checkpoint Charlie Berlin.jpg|Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstrasse
Image:Berlin Sophie Gips Hof1.jpg|Sophie-Gips-Höfe


## Transportation

Mitte is servit bi S-Bahn lines S5, S7, S75, S9 (baith on Berlin Stadtbahn); S1, S2, S25, an U-Bahn lines U2, U5, U6 an U8, as well as numerous tram an bus lines.

## See an aw
*Berlin Alexanderplatz railwey station
*Berlin Friedrichstrasse railwey station
*Berlin Potsdamer Platz railwey station

## References

## Freemit airtins

*Wabpage o Mitte ''Ortsteil'' on www.berlin.de