Editing Mitte

{{About|the district in Berlin|the locality within Mitte|Mitte (locality)|other uses}}
{{Infobox German location
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|City               = Berlin
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|state              = Berlin
|district           = 
|borough            = 
|divisions          = 6 localities
|mayor              = [[Stefanie Remlinger]]
|Bürgermeistertitel = [[Mayor|Borough Mayor]]
|party              = Greens
|elevation          = 
|area               = 39.47
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|plantext           = Location of Mitte in Berlin
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|website            = [http://www.berlin-mitte.de Official homepage]
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'''Mitte''' ({{IPA|de|ˈmɪtə|lang|De-Mitte.ogg}}) is the first and most central [[boroughs and localities of Berlin|borough]] of [[Berlin]]. The borough consists of six sub-entities: [[Mitte (locality)|Mitte proper]], [[Gesundbrunnen (Berlin)|Gesundbrunnen]], [[Hansaviertel]], [[Moabit]], [[Tiergarten, Berlin|Tiergarten]] and [[Wedding (Berlin)|Wedding]].

It is one of the two boroughs (the other being [[Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg]]) which were formerly divided between [[East Berlin]] and [[West Berlin]]. Mitte encompasses Berlin's historic core and includes some of the most important tourist sites of Berlin like the [[Reichstag building|Reichstag]] and [[Berlin Hauptbahnhof]], [[Checkpoint Charlie]], [[Museum Island]], the [[Fernsehturm Berlin|TV tower]], [[Brandenburg Gate]], [[Unter den Linden]], [[Potsdamer Platz]], [[Alexanderplatz]], the latter six of which were in former East Berlin.

==Geography==
[[File:2023 Berliner Dom - Westfassade -- 04.jpg|left|thumb|[[Berlin Cathedral]] and [[Fernsehturm Berlin|Television Tower]]]]
Mitte ([[German language|German]] for "middle", "centre") is located in the central part of Berlin along the [[Spree (river)|Spree]] River. It borders on [[Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf]] in the west, [[Reinickendorf]] in the north, [[Pankow]] in the east, [[Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg]] in the southeast, and [[Tempelhof-Schöneberg]] in the southwest.

In the middle of the Spree lies [[Museum Island]] (''Museumsinsel'') with its museums, [[Berlin Cathedral]] (''Berliner Dom'') and [[Berlin Palace]] (''Berliner Schloss''). A central square in Mitte is [[Alexanderplatz]] with the prominent [[Fernsehturm Berlin|Fernsehturm]] (TV tower), Germany's highest building, and the large railway station with connections to many subway ([[Berlin U-Bahn|U-Bahn]]), tramway ([[Berlin trambahn]]), city trains ([[S-Bahn Berlin|S-Bahn]]) and buses.

There are some important streets which connect Mitte with the other boroughs, e.g. the boulevard [[Unter den Linden]] which connects Berlin Palace with Brandenburg Gate and runs further as [[Straße des 17. Juni]] to the [[Berlin Victory Column|Victory Column]] and the centre of former West Berlin in [[Charlottenburg]], or [[Karl-Marx-Allee]] from [[Alexanderplatz]] to [[Friedrichshain]] and the eastern suburbs.

==History==
[[File:Berlin - Checkpoint Charlie 1963.jpg|thumb|[[Checkpoint Charlie]],1963]]
The former Mitte district had been established by the 1920 [[Greater Berlin Act]] and comprised large parts of the historic city around [[Alt-Berlin]] and [[Cölln]]. Brandenburg Gate was the western exit at the Berlin city boundary until 1861.

Between 1961 and 1990, the area's East Berlin portion was surrounded by the [[Berlin Wall]] on the north, south and west. There were some border control points, the most notable of which was [[Checkpoint Charlie]] between [[Kreuzberg]] and Mitte, which was operated by the [[United States Army]] and was open to foreigners and diplomats.

Two other checkpoints were at Heinrich-Heine-Straße/[[Prinzenstraße (Berlin U-Bahn)|Prinzenstraße]] east of Checkpoint Charlie, open to citizens of West Germany and West Berlin and on [[Invalidenstraße]] in the north on the border with the West Berlin Tiergarten district (the present-day [[Moabit]] locality).

== Regierungsviertel (Government District) ==
The government district is located in the locality of [[Tiergarten, Berlin|Tiergarten]] around the [[Reichstag building|Reichstag Building.]] Most institutions of the German government have their seat at the Regierungsviertel 
* [[Bundestag]], the German parliament in the old [[Reichstag building|Reichstag Building]]
* [[Bellevue Palace (Germany)|Bellevue Palace]], seat of the [[President of Germany|Federal President]] 
* [[German Chancellery]]
* Offices of the [[Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin|Abgeordneten]], members of the parliament, in the ''Paul-Löbe-Haus'' and the ''Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus''
* [[Federal Ministry of the Interior (Germany)|Federal Ministry of the Interior]]
<gallery>
Berlin reichstag west panorama.jpg|Reichstag Building
2006-09-19 Berlin Bellevue.jpg|Bellevue Palace
Bundeskanzleramt Berlin 2010.jpg|German Chancellery
Reichstagsgebäude und Paul-Löbe-Haus, Berlin-Mitte, 170327, ako.jpg|Paul-Löbe-Haus
Berlin, Tiergarten, Otto-von-Bismarck-Allee, Botschaft Schweiz.jpg|Swiss Embassy
</gallery>

== Historische Mitte (Historic center) ==
The historic center is located in the locality of [[Mitte (locality)|Mitte proper]] around the Berlin Palace.
* [[Berlin Palace]] / [[Humboldt Forum]]
* [[Berlin Cathedral]]
* [[Museum Island]]
* [[Nikolaiviertel]]
* [[Gendarmenmarkt]]
* [[Unter den Linden]]
* [[Brandenburg Gate]]
<gallery>
Berlin-BerlinerSchloss-2-Asio (cropped).JPG|Berlin Palace / Humboldt Forum
Berlin Aussicht vom Humboldt Forum asv2023-02 img04.jpg|Altes Museum and Berlin Cathedral on Museum Island
Berlin Museumsinsel Fernsehturm.jpg|Bode Museum on Museum Island
Mitte Nikolaikirchplatz-001.jpg|Nikolaiviertel
Gendarmenmarkt Panorama.jpg|Gendarmenmarkt
Unter den Linden Berlin2007.jpg|Unter den Linden
2005-10-26 Brandenburger-Tor.JPG|Brandenburg Gate
</gallery>

== Botschaftsviertel (Embassy Quarter) ==
Many embassies and the [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|Federal Ministry of Defence]] in the historic embassy quarter in the south of the [[Tiergarten (park)|Tiergarten Park]].
<gallery>
Italienische Botschaft - panoramio.jpg|Italian Embassy
Tiergarten Japanische Botschaft-002.JPG|Japanese Embassy
Berlin - Spanische Botschaft.jpg|Spanish Embassy
Tiergarten Indische Botschaft.JPG|Indian Embassy
Be Embassy of UAE 03.jpg|Embassy of the United Arab Emirates
</gallery>

== Tiergarten Park ==
[[Tiergarten (park)|Großer Tiergarten]] is the name of the biggest urban park in Mitte, located in the [[Tiergarten, Berlin|same-named locality]]. Tiergarten Park was established as a hunting ground in the 16th century by the Prussian kings. Today it is enclosed by densely built-up areas by [[Hansaviertel]] and [[Moabit]] in the north, the Government District in the east and the [[City West]] and the Embassy Quarter in the southwest.

Many cultural monuments and memorials are located in the Tiergarten Park, like the [[Berlin Victory Column|Siegessäule]], the [[Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten)|Soviet War Memorial]] and a historic rose garden. The [[Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe]], the biggest victim group of the Nazi dictatorship, is located on the east side of the park, near the [[Brandenburg Gate]] and near the place where [[Reich Chancellery|Hitler's New Reich Chancellery]] once was.
<gallery>
Siegessäule10.jpg|Siegessäule
Siegessaeule Aussicht 10-13 img4 Tiergarten.jpg|View from the Siegessäule to Brandenburg Gate
Berlin Großer Tiergarten Rosengarten.jpg|Rose Garden
Memorial to Homosexuals persecuted under Nazism.jpg|Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europeabove.jpg|Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
</gallery>

== Kulturforum ==
The Kulturforum was built in the 1950s and 1960s at the edge of [[West Berlin]], after most of the once unified city's cultural assets had been lost behind the [[Berlin Wall]]. The Kulturforum is characterized by its innovative modernist architecture; several buildings are distinguished by the organic designs of [[Hans Scharoun]], and the [[Neue Nationalgalerie]] was designed by [[Mies van der Rohe]], albeit originally as a private house.

Among the cultural institutions housed in and around the Kulturforum are:
* [[Neue Nationalgalerie]]
* [[Gemäldegalerie, Berlin|Gemäldegalerie]]
* [[Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin|Museum of Decorative Arts]]
* [[Berlin Musical Instrument Museum|Musical Instrument Museum]]
* [[Kupferstichkabinett Berlin|Kupferstichkabinett]] ([[Print room]])
* Art Library
* [[Berliner Philharmonie]]
* Chamber Music Hall
* [[Berlin State Library]]
* [[Ibero-American Institute]]
* Wissenschaftszentrum
* St. Matthäus-Kirche

== In arts and literature ==
*''[[Berlin Alexanderplatz]]'', a 1929 novel by [[Alfred Döblin]]
*''[[Mitte 1]]'', a 2013 novel by [[Albrecht Behmel]]
* ''Berlin-Mitte'', [[Norman Ohler]]
* ''Unter diesem Einfluss'', [[Henning Kober]]

==Subdivision==
[[File:Berlin Mitte.svg|thumb|Subdivisions of Mitte]]
The present-day borough of Mitte consists of six localities:
{|
|-
| valign="top" |
*[[Mitte (locality)|Mitte]]
(the former Mitte borough)
| valign="top" |
*[[Moabit]]
*[[Hansaviertel]]
*[[Tiergarten (Berlin)|Tiergarten]]
(the former Tiergarten borough)
| valign="top" |
*[[Wedding (Berlin)|Wedding]]
*[[Gesundbrunnen (Berlin)|Gesundbrunnen]]
(the former Wedding borough)
|}

==Demographics==
{{As of|2010}}, the borough had a population of 322,919, of whom 144.000 (44.5%) had a [[migration background]]. In the former West Berlin areas of  Wedding, Gesundbrunnen and Moabit, foreigners and Germans of foreign origin compose nearly 70% of the population, while in Mitte proper the share of migrants is relatively low. The immigrant community is quite diverse, however, [[Turkish people|Turks]], [[Sub-Saharan Africans|Africans]]{{who|date=April 2015}}, [[Eastern Europe]]ans {{who|date=April 2015}} and [[East Asia]]ns{{who|date=April 2015}} form the largest groups.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/Publikationen/Stat_Berichte/2011/SB_A1-5_hj02-10_BE.pdf|title=Seite wird geladen|access-date=2011-08-16|archive-date=2013-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922050834/https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/Publikationen/Stat_Berichte/2011/SB_A1-5_hj02-10_BE.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|- class="hintergrundfarbe6"
!  Percentage of  people with [[migration background]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/Publikationen/Stat_Berichte/201gnm1/SB_A1-5_hj02-10_BE.pdf |title=Seite wird geladen |website=www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830220409/https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/Publikationen/Stat_Berichte/201gnm1/SB_A1-5_hj02-10_BE.pdf |archive-date=30 August 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| class="hintergrundfarbe5" | '''Germans without migration background/non-migrants''' || class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="text-align:right;"| '''55.5 % (184.000)'''  ||
|-
| class="hintergrundfarbe5" | '''Germans with migration background, or Foreigners/Ausländer''' || class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="text-align:right;"| '''44.5 % (144.000)''' || 
|-
| Muslim/Middle Eastern origin ([[Turkey]], [[Arab League]], [[Iran]] etc.) || style="text-align:right;"| 18.0% (60.000) || 
|-
| non-German European origin ([[UK]], [[Netherlands]], United States, Russia, [[Poland]], Spain, France etc.) || style="text-align:right;"| 10.7% (35.400) || 
|-
| Others ([[East Asia]]ns, [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]], [[Afro-Germans]], [[Sub-Saharan Africans]] etc.) || style="text-align:right;"| 14.5% (48.000) || 
|}

==Politics==
===Borough assembly===
The governing body of Mitte is the borough assembly (''Bezirksverordnetenversammlung''). It has responsibility for passing laws and electing the borough administration, including the mayor. The most recent borough assembly election was held on 26 September 2021, and led to a coalition between the Greens and the social democrats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Kreisverband Mitte und Fraktion in der BVV Mitte |date=3 November 2021 |url=https://www.spd-berlin-mitte.de/dl/ZG_Vereinbarung.pdf |website=SPD Berlin Mitte |access-date=3 March 2023 |archive-date=7 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407095216/https://www.spd-berlin-mitte.de/dl/ZG_Vereinbarung.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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|+Coalitions and mayors in the borough assembly of Mitte
!Legislative period
!Borough Mayor
!Coalition
({{Lang|de|Zählgemeinschaft}})
!Borough assembly seats of the coalition
|-
|2023-2026<ref name=":0">Shorter period due to the [[2023 Berlin repeat state election|2023 Berlin election re-run]]</ref>
|To be confirmed
|To be confirmed
|To be confirmed
|-
|2021-2023<ref name=":0" />
|Stefanie Remlinger (Greens, 2022-2023)
[[Stephan von Dassel]] (Greens, 2021-2022)<ref>{{Cite news |title=BVV wählt Grüne ins Amt: Stefanie Remlinger ist neue Bezirksbürgermeisterin von Berlin-Mitte |language=de-DE |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/bezirke/bvv-wahlt-grune-ins-amt-stefanie-remlinger-ist-neue-bezirksburgermeisterin-von-berlin-mitte-8779693.html |access-date=2023-03-03 |issn=1865-2263 |archive-date=2022-11-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113222914/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/bezirke/bvv-wahlt-grune-ins-amt-stefanie-remlinger-ist-neue-bezirksburgermeisterin-von-berlin-mitte-8779693.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Greens and SPD<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wedding kurz & knapp - Weddingweiser |url=https://weddingweiser.de/wedding-kurz-knapp-60/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |language=de-DE |archive-date=2022-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217202224/https://weddingweiser.de/wedding-kurz-knapp-60/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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30/55
|-
|2016-2021
|[[Stephan von Dassel]]
|Greens and SPD<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grün-rote Zählgemeinschaft in Mitte steht |url=https://gruene-mitte.de/meldungen/gruen-rote-zaehlgemeinschaft-in-mitte-steht |access-date=2023-03-03 |website=BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN Berlin-Mitte |language=de-DE |archive-date=2023-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203180946/https://gruene-mitte.de/meldungen/gruen-rote-zaehlgemeinschaft-in-mitte-steht |url-status=live }}</ref>
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28/55
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|2011-2016
|Christian Hanke (SPD)
|SPD and CDU<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rada |first=Uwe |date=2012-07-05 |title=Wie Rot-Schwarz regiert: Alles wird platt gemacht |language=de |work=Die Tageszeitung: taz |url=https://taz.de/!5089669/ |access-date=2023-03-03 |issn=0931-9085}}</ref>
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|2006-2011
|Christian Hanke (SPD)
| -<ref>{{Cite news |title=Berlin: SPD holt sich Mehrheit bei PDS und FDP |language=de-DE |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/spd-holt-sich-mehrheit-bei-pds-und-fdp-1397635.html |access-date=2023-03-03 |issn=1865-2263 |archive-date=2023-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203180942/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/spd-holt-sich-mehrheit-bei-pds-und-fdp-1397635.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| -
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|2001-2006
|[[Joachim Zeller]] (CDU)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Berlin: Nicht immer stellt der Gewinner den Bürgermeister |language=de-DE |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/nicht-immer-stellt-der-gewinner-den-burgermeister-1379824.html |access-date=2023-03-03 |issn=1865-2263 |archive-date=2023-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203180943/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/nicht-immer-stellt-der-gewinner-den-burgermeister-1379824.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|CDU, [[Party of Democratic Socialism (Germany)|PDS]], Greens<ref>{{Cite news |title=Berlin: Besetzung der Bezirksamtsposten: Im Rathaus von Mitte sind alle Stühle schon vergeben |language=de-DE |work=Der Tagesspiegel Online |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/besetzung-der-bezirksamtsposten-im-rathaus-von-mitte-sind-alle-stuhle-schon-vergeben-856063.html |access-date=2023-03-03 |issn=1865-2263 |archive-date=2023-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203180942/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/besetzung-der-bezirksamtsposten-im-rathaus-von-mitte-sind-alle-stuhle-schon-vergeben-856063.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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32/55<ref>{{Cite web |title=Die Wahlen zu den Bezirksverordnetenversammlungen am 21. Oktober 2001 |url=https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/publikationen/aufsaetze/2001/MS-BE_200111-02.pdf |access-date=2023-03-03 |archive-date=2023-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231203180943/https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/publikationen/aufsaetze/2001/MS-BE_200111-02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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The 2021 results were as follows:

{{election table}}
! colspan=2| Party
! Lead candidate
! Votes
! %
! +/-
! Seats
! +/-
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}| 
| align=left| [[Alliance 90/The Greens]] (Grüne)
| align=left| Laura Neugebauer
| 44,653
| 28.5
| {{increase}} 4.6
| 18
| {{increase}} 4
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]] (SPD)
| align=left| Ephraim Gothe
| 28,997
| 18.5
| {{decrease}} 5.3
| 12
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[The Left (Germany)|The Left]] (LINKE)
| align=left| Christoph Keller
| 26,256
| 16.8
| {{decrease}} 1.1
| 10
| ±0
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|Christian Democratic Union]] (CDU)
| align=left| Carsten Spallek
| 20,088
| 12.8
| {{decrease}} 0.7
| 8
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Democratic Party (Germany)}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]] (FDP)
| align=left| Bastian Roet
| 10,419
| 6.7
| {{increase}} 0.6
| 4
| {{increase}} 1
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Alternative for Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Alternative for Germany]] (AfD)
| align=left| Sabine Schüler
| 7,565
| 4.8
| {{decrease}} 5.1
| 3
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| colspan=8 bgcolor=lightgrey|
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Volt Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Volt Germany]]
| align=left| 
| 3,668
| 2.3
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Human Environment Animal Protection}}| 
| align=left| [[Human Environment Animal Protection|Tierschutzpartei]]
| align=left| 
| 3,410
| 2.2
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Die PARTEI}}| 
| align=left| [[Die PARTEI]]
| align=left| 
| 3,358
| 2.1
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Grassroots Democratic Party of Germany|dieBasis]]
| align=left| 
| 2,193
| 1.4
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Klimaliste}}| 
| align=left| [[Klimaliste]]
| align=left| 
| 1,927
| 1.2
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| The Greys
| align=left| 
| 1,112
| 0.7
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Pirate Party Germany}}| 
| align=left| [[Pirate Party Germany]]
| align=left| 
| 919
| 0.6
| {{decrease}} 2.9
| 0
| {{decrease}} 2
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Free Voters}}| 
| align=left| [[Free Voters]]
| align=left| 
| 903
| 0.6
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Party of Humanists}}| 
| align=left| [[Party of Humanists|The Humanists]]
| align=left| 
| 602
| 0.4
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Ecological Democratic Party}}| 
| align=left| [[Ecological Democratic Party]]
| align=left| 
| 287
| 0.2
| New
| 0
| New
|-
| 
| align=left| The Eligible
| align=left| 
| 99
| 0.1
| New
| 0
| New
|-
! colspan=3| Valid votes
! 156,456
! 99.1
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=3| Invalid votes
! 1,384
! 0.9
! 
! 
! 
|-
! colspan=3| Total
! 157,840
! 100.0
! 
! 55
! ±0
|-
! colspan=3| Electorate/voter turnout
! 247,338
! 63.8
! {{increase}} 10.0
! 
! 
|-
| colspan=8| Source: [https://www.wahlen-berlin.de/wahlen/BE2021/AFSPRAES/bvv/ergebnisse_bezirk_01.html Elections Berlin]
|}

===Borough government===
The borough mayor ({{Lang|de|Bezirksbürgermeister}}) is elected by the borough assembly, and positions in the borough administration ({{Lang|de|Bezirksamt}}) are apportioned based on party strength. [[Stefanie Remlinger]] of the Greens was elected mayor on 20 October 2022. Since the 2021 municipal elections, the composition of the borough administration is as follows:

{| class=wikitable style="font-size:90%; text-align:center"
! Councillor
! colspan=2| Party
! Portfolio
|-
| [[Stefanie Remlinger]]
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}|
| [[Alliance 90/The Greens|GRÜNE]]
| Borough Mayor<br />Staff and Finance
|-
| Ephraim Gothe
| bgcolor={{party color|Social Democratic Party of Germany}}|
| [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
| Deputy Mayor<br />Urban Development and Logistics
|-
| Stefanie Remlinger
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}|
| [[Alliance 90/The Greens|GRÜNE]]
| Education, Sport and Culture
|-
| Carsten Spallek 
| bgcolor={{party color|Christian Democratic Union of Germany}}|
| [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
| Social Affairs and Civil Service
|-
| Almut Neumann
| bgcolor={{party color|Alliance 90/The Greens}}|
| [[Alliance 90/The Greens|GRÜNE]]
| Order, Environment, Streets and Green Spaces
|-
| Christoph Keller
| bgcolor={{party color|The Left (Germany)}}|
| [[The Left (Germany)|LINKE]]
| Youth and Health
|-
| colspan=4 align=right| Source: [https://www.berlin.de/ba-mitte/politik-und-verwaltung/bezirksamt/ Berlin.de]
|}

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany}}
Mitte is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web|title=Städtepartnerschaften des Bezirks Mitte|url=https://www.berlin.de/ba-mitte/ueber-den-bezirk/staedtepartnerschaften/|website=berlin.de|date=25 August 2020|publisher=Berlin|language=de|access-date=2021-02-08|archive-date=2023-10-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007051157/https://www.berlin.de/ba-mitte/ueber-den-bezirk/staedtepartnerschaften/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Beyoğlu|Beyoğlu (Istanbul)]], Turkey (2008)
*{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Bottrop]], Germany (1983)
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Central Administrative Okrug|Central AO (Moscow)]], Russia (2006)
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Chaoyang District, Beijing|Chaoyang (Beijing)]], China (2004)
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Chiyoda, Tokyo|Chiyoda (Tokyo)]], Japan (1994)
*{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Frogn]], Norway (1990)
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Higashiōsaka]], Japan (1959)
*{{flagicon|ISR}} [[Holon]], Israel (1970)
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Kassel]], Germany (1979)
*{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Petrogradsky District|Petrogradsky (Saint Petersburg)]], Russia (1994)
*{{flagicon|DEU}} [[Schwalm-Eder-Kreis]], Germany (1992)
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shinjuku|Shinjuku (Tokyo)]], Japan (1994)
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Tourcoing]], France (1995)
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tsuwano, Shimane|Tsuwano]], [[Shimane Prefecture|Shimane]], Japan (1995)
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==Gallery==
{{Wide image|View over Berlin Mitte.jpg|800px|View over Mitte from [[Berlin Cathedral]]}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Germany}}
*[[Berlin-Mitte (electoral district)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons|Bezirk Mitte|Mitte}}
*[http://www.berlin-mitte.de/ Official homepage] {{in lang|de}}
*[http://www.berlin.de/en/ Official homepage of Berlin] {{in lang|en}}

{{Boroughs of Berlin}}
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