The
capital and largest city of Germany, in the northeast part of
the country. Founded in the 13th century, it was the capital
of the kingdom of Prussia from 1701 and the capital of the German
Empire (1871-1918), the Weimar Republic (1919-1932), and the
Third Reich (1933-1945). The city was divided between 1945 and
1990 into East Berlin and West Berlin, which division grew out
of the zones of occupation established at the end of World War
II. The Berlin Wall, a wire and concrete barrier, was erected
by the East German government in August 1961 and dismantled
in November 1989. Population: 3,475,392.
Place
Name
Name
Berlin
Country
Germany
Region
Western
Europe
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Berlin
was the capital of Prussia until 1945 and the capital of Germany
between 1871 and 1945 and again since the reunification of Germany
on October 3, 1990. (The German parliament, called Bundestag,
and the German government moved from Bonn to Berlin in 1999.)
Between 1949 and 1990, it was divided into East Berlin, the
capital of the German Democratic Republic, and West Berlin.
It was divided by the Berlin Wall between August 13, 1961, and
November 9, 1989.