Mitte

Bezirk Mitte or Mitte von Berlin is the most central borough of Berlin (Bezirk is German for borough, Mitte is German for centre).

Bezirk Mitte
borough of Berlin
The location of Mitte in Berlin
Coat of arms
The districts of Mitte
Bezirk Mitte Show map of Germany Bezirk Mitte Show map of Berlin
Coordinates: 52°31′N 13°22′E
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Founded	year founded
Government
• Mayor	Christian Hanke (SDP)
Area
• Total	39.47 km2 (15.24 sq mi)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	2,910,875
• Density	74,000/km2 (190,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	10000-16999
Dialling codes	010
Vehicle registration	B
Website	http://www.berlin-mitte.de

Most of Berlin's historic centre is in Bezirk Mitte. Some of the most important tourist sites of Berlin (like the Pergamon Museum, Brandenburg Gate, Charité and the Reichstag), are all in Mitte, and most were in East Berlin.

In 2001, Berlin's boroughs were reorganized. The old East Berlin borough of Mitte, was joined with the boroughs of Wedding, once in the French Sector, and Tiergarten which had been in the British sector before. The new borough (both of which formerly belonged to West Berlin) to form the new Mitte borough. The new borough has an area of 39.47 square kilometres (15.2 square miles). In 2003, it had about 320,700 inhabitants. The districts in Mitte are Gesundbrunnen, Hansaviertel, Mitte, Moabit, Tiergarten and Wedding.

The current mayor is Christian Hanke (SPD).