BOROUGHS AND LOCALITIES OF BERLIN

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The boroughs and localities of Berlin

Berlin is both a city and one of Germany's federal states. It is made up of twelve boroughs (''Bezirke'' in German, also known as ''districts'' or ''administrative districts'' in English), each with its own borough government, though all boroughs are subject to Berlin’s city and state government.
Each borough is made up of several officially recognized localities (''Ortsteile'' in German, sometimes called ''subdistricts'' in English). These localities 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. The localities do not have their own governmental bodies, but are recognized by the city and the boroughs for planning and statistical purposes. Berliners often identify more with the locality where they live than with the borough that governs them. The localities are further subdivided into statistical tracts, which are mainly used for planning and statistical purposes. The statistical tracts correspond roughly but not exactly with neighbourhoods recognized by residents.
When Greater Berlin was established in 1920, the city was organized into 20 boroughs, most of which were named after their largest component locality, often a former city or municipality; others, such as Kreuzberg and Prenzlauer Berg, were named for geographic features. By 2000, Berlin comprised 23 boroughs, as three new boroughs had been created in East Berlin. An administrative reform in 2001 merged Berlin’s existing boroughs to form the 12 boroughs that make up the city today. As of 2005, these 12 boroughs were made up of a total of 96 officially recognized localities, as listed below.
Die 12 Bezirke Berlins

'Borough' Population
November 2006
Area
in km²
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf 315.702 64,72
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg 265.843 20,16
Lichtenberg 258.944 52,29
Marzahn-Hellersdorf 249.802 61,74
Mitte 326.500 39,47
Neukölln 305.691 44,93
Pankow 358.073 103,01
Reinickendorf 242.652 89,46
Spandau 224.342 91,91
Steglitz-Zehlendorf 288.848 102,50
Tempelhof-Schöneberg 332.140 53,09
Treptow-Köpenick 236.722 168,42

Format of list:

★ Borough


★ Localities within that borough

Contents
List of boroughs and localities
Reference and external link

List of boroughs and localities



Mitte


Gesundbrunnen


Hansaviertel


★ Mitte


Moabit


Tiergarten


Wedding

Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg


Friedrichshain


Kreuzberg

Pankow


Blankenburg


Blankenfelde


Buch


Französisch Buchholz


Heinersdorf


Karow


Niederschönhausen


★ Pankow


Prenzlauer Berg


Rosenthal


Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow


Weißensee


Wilhelmsruh

Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf


Charlottenburg


Charlottenburg-Nord


Grunewald


Halensee


Schmargendorf


Westend


Wilmersdorf

Spandau


Falkenhagener Feld


Gatow


Hakenfelde


Haselhorst


Kladow


Siemensstadt


★ Spandau


Staaken


Wilhelmstadt

Steglitz-Zehlendorf


Dahlem


Lankwitz


Lichterfelde



Lichterfelde West


Nikolassee


Steglitz


Wannsee


Zehlendorf

Tempelhof-Schöneberg


Friedenau


Lichtenrade


Mariendorf


Marienfelde


Schöneberg


Tempelhof

Neukölln


Britz


Buckow


Gropiusstadt


★ Neukölln


Rudow

Treptow-Köpenick


Adlershof


Altglienicke


Alt-Treptow


Baumschulenweg


Bohnsdorf


Friedrichshagen


Grünau


Johannisthal


Köpenick


Müggelheim


Niederschöneweide


Oberschöneweide


Plänterwald


Rahnsdorf


Schmöckwitz

Marzahn-Hellersdorf


Biesdorf


Hellersdorf


Kaulsdorf


Mahlsdorf


Marzahn

Lichtenberg


Alt-Hohenschönhausen


Falkenberg


Fennpfuhl


Friedrichsfelde


Karlshorst


★ Lichtenberg


Malchow


Neu-Hohenschönhausen


Rummelsburg


Wartenburg


Weißensee

Reinickendorf


Frohnau


Konradshöhe


Heiligensee


Hermsdorf


Lübars


Märkisches Viertel


★ Reinickendorf


Tegel


Waidmannslust


Wittenau

Reference and external link



Boroughs, Localities, and Statistical Tracts from Berlin's Statistical Office

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