The Greater Berlin Act (German: Groß-Berlin-Gesetz) of 1920, in full the Law Regarding the Reconstruction of the New Local Authority of Berlin (German: Gesetz über die Bildung einer neuen Stadtgemeinde Berlin), was a law passed by the Prussian government that led to the formation of the separate Prussian administrative region of Berlin. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.
The act was passed in the Prussian parliament on 27 April 1920 and came into effect on 1 October of the same year. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. The region then termed Greater Berlin broke away from the Province of Brandenburg and consisted of the following:
- The city of Berlin (Alt-Berlin);
- 7 towns that surrounded Berlin: Charlottenburg, Köpenick, Lichtenberg, Neukölln, Schöneberg, Spandau and Wilmersdorf;
- 59 rural communities and 27 estate districts from the surrounding districts of Niederbarnim, Osthavelland and Teltow;
- and the grounds of the Berliner Stadtschloss which curiously, until this point, formed an estate district in its own right. } The Province of Brandenburg (Provinz Brandenburg was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815 to 1946 Charlottenburg is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, named after Queen Sophia Charlotte (1668-1705 Köpenick is an area in the borough of Treptow-Köpenick in Berlin. Localities Friedrichsfelde Karlshorst Lichtenberg Falkenberg Malchow History When first mentioned in 1360 the village was called Richardsdorf and owned by the Order of St Schöneberg is a locality of Berlin. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a separate borough including the locality of Friedenau. For the Spandau machine gun see Maschinengewehr 08. For the 1980s New Romantic group see Spandau Ballet. Wilmersdorf is a Inner city locality of Berlin, formerly a borough by itself but since Berlin's 2001 administrative reform a part of the new borough The Stadtschloss (Berliner Stadtschloss rendered in English as Berlin City Palace) was a royal palace in the centre of Berlin, capital of Germany
The act increased the area of Berlin 13-fold from 66km² (25. 5 sq mi) to 883km² (341 sq mi) and the population doubled from approximately 1. 9 million to near 4 million, with almost 1. 2 million of these new inhabitants coming from the 7 surrounding towns alone.
Greater Berlin was then sub-divided into 20 boroughs (Verwaltungsbezirke):
- from Alt-Berlin: Mitte, Tiergarten, Wedding, Prenzlauer Berg, Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain;
- one borough for each of the 7 previously-independent towns: Charlottenburg, Köpenick, Lichtenberg, Neukölln, Schöneberg, Spandau and Wilmersdorf;
- 7 new boroughs created from the remaining added areas, each named after the largest village in the area at the time: Pankow, Reinickendorf, Steglitz, Tempelhof, Treptow, Weißensee and Zehlendorf
Through this law, it became possible to implement integrated town planning across the whole of Greater 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 Localities of the Mitte borough The new borough of Mitte consists of six localities Mitte (the former Mitte borough Moabit TiergartenViewjpg|thumb|right|View within the Tiergarten]] Tiergarten ( German for Animal Garden) is the name of both a large Park in the Wedding ( "der Wedding") is a locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany and was a separate borough in the north-western Prenzlauer Berg is a former borough of Berlin situated in the eastern part of the city Kreuzberg, since 2001 part of the combined Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough located south of Mitte, is one of the best-known areas of Berlin Friedrichshain is a part of Berlin's borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Charlottenburg is a locality of Berlin within the borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, named after Queen Sophia Charlotte (1668-1705 Köpenick is an area in the borough of Treptow-Köpenick in Berlin. Localities Friedrichsfelde Karlshorst Lichtenberg Falkenberg Malchow History When first mentioned in 1360 the village was called Richardsdorf and owned by the Order of St Schöneberg is a locality of Berlin. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a separate borough including the locality of Friedenau. For the Spandau machine gun see Maschinengewehr 08. For the 1980s New Romantic group see Spandau Ballet. Wilmersdorf is a Inner city locality of Berlin, formerly a borough by itself but since Berlin's 2001 administrative reform a part of the new borough Localities The Pankow borough consists of 13 localities History The village of Pankow is named after the small Panke river a tributary of the Spree Localities Reinickendorf is split in ten localities population in brackets Reinickendorf (73847 Tegel (33873 Konradshöhe Steglitz is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in the south-west of Berlin, the capital of Germany. Tempelhof is an area in Berlin within the borough of Tempelhof-Schöneberg. Treptow is a former borough in the southeast of Berlin. It merged with Köpenick to form Treptow-Köpenick in 2001 Weissensee (Weißensee is a locality in the borough of Pankow in Berlin, Germany, named for the small Lake Weißer See Zehlendorf is a locality within the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf in Berlin. With this, the act was an important foundation for the rise of Berlin to a cultural centre of Europe in the 1920s. The Golden Twenties in Berlin was a vibrant period in the History of Berlin, German history, and European history in general
Apart from minor changes, the city boundary defined in the law is still the same as today, even though its character changed several times over the years. Originally a mere municipal boundary, it became demarcation line between occupation zones after 1945, a part of the Iron Curtain after 1949 with the Berlin Wall on some of its length between 1961 and 1990. The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country west of the Oder-Neisse line into four occupation zones for administrative The " Iron Curtain " was the symbolic ideological and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including Since the Reunification of Germany it is the border between the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg. German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung took place twice after 1945 first in 1957 the Saarland was permitted to join the Federal Republic of Germany Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of the sixteen states of Germany.
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