51 Facts About East Berlin

1. East Berlin is home to the world's largest universal museum—Museumsinsel, with an ensemble of five renowned museums.

2. East Berlin has around 1,700 bridges—a greater number than Venice.

3. East Berlin is home to the world's largest universal museum—Museumsinsel, with an ensemble of five renowned museums.

4. East Berlin has around 1,700 bridges—a greater number than Venice.

5. East Berlin was the de facto capital city of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1990.

6. East Berlin is home to the world's largest universal museum—Museumsinsel, with an ensemble of five renowned museums.

7. East Berlin has around 1,700 bridges—a greater number than Venice.

8. East Berlin is home to the world's largest universal museum—Museumsinsel, with an ensemble of five renowned museums.

9. East Berlin has around 1,700 bridges—a greater number than Venice.

10. East Berlin was geographically defined by the plains on both sides of the Spree River around the city center, the upper Spree region with its lakes to the southeast, and the confluence of the Spree into the Havel River to the west.

11. In 1959, the City of East Berlin erected a large Jewish community center on Fasanenstrasse at the site on which one of Berlin's most magnificent synagogues had stood until 1938.

12. East Berlin became officially "judenrein" on June 16, 1943.

13. The Jews of East Berlin were permitted to engage in commerce almost without restriction, and in handicrafts provided that the rights of the guilds were not thereby infringed.

14. In 2000 East Berlin released Live: Sacred and Profane, the group's first live recording.

15. East Berlin issued the EP Pleasure Victim on Enigma in 1982, and the record's profile was automatically boosted when "Sex" became an underground hit.

16. East Berlin was one of the first bands to bring the synthesizer sound to the United States, recording a series of albums that placed the band at the center of the New Wave movement of the early to mid-1980s.

17. In that year East Berlin was proclaimed the capital of the new German Democratic Republic, and in 1950 West Berlin was established as one of the states of the Federal Republic of Germany.

18. East Berlin is the music capital of Germany, named so because of the many opera houses and orchestras.

19. East Berlin continues to deal with ongoing reintegration of the West with the East, as well as an economy that is shifting from the processing to the service sector.

20. East Berlin is one of Germany's largest banking centers, the world's leading conference center, the seat of Federal Government, and the largest university city in Germany with three major universities.

21. East Berlin began as a fishing and trading community, selling primarily rye and timber.

22. East Berlin is home to the world's largest universal museum—Museumsinsel, with an ensemble of five renowned museums.

23. East Berlin is the only city in the world with three active opera houses: Berliner Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Komische Oper Berlin.

24. East Berlin has two zoos: Tierpark in Friedrichsfelde in the east and Zoologischer Garten in the west.

25. East Berlin has around 1,700 bridges—a greater number than Venice.

26. East Berlin has established a high-profile as a host city of major international sporting events.

27. East Berlin has three major opera houses: the Deutsche Oper, the Berlin State Opera, and the Komische Oper.

28. East Berlin has a long history of gay culture, and is an important birthplace of the LGBT rights movement.

29. East Berlin is known for its numerous cultural institutions, many of which enjoy international reputation.

30. East Berlin is one of the knowledge and innovation communities of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).

31. East Berlin has installed several hundred free public Wireless LAN sites across the capital since 2016.

32. East Berlin has a long history of discoveries in medicine and innovations in medical technology.

33. East Berlin is well known for its highly developed bicycle lane system.

34. East Berlin is the headquarter of major German-language publishing houses like Walter de Gruyter, Springer, the Ullstein Verlagsgruppe, Suhrkamp and Cornelsen are all based in Berlin.

35. East Berlin is the central location to several international and regional television and radio stations.

36. East Berlin is an important centre in the European and German film industry.

37. In 2015, the total labour force in East Berlin was 1.85 million.

38. East Berlin is the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany.

39. At present, East Berlin consists of 96 subdistricts, which are commonly made up of several smaller residential areas or quarters.

40. East Berlin is the second most populous city proper in the EU.

41. East Berlin has three of the top 40 tallest buildings in Germany.

42. East Berlin has a "marine west coast" climate according to the Koppen climate classification system.

43. Since 2015, the highest elevation in East Berlin is found on the Arkenberge hills in Pankow, at 122 metres.

44. East Berlin included most of the historic centre of the city.

45. The population almost doubled and East Berlin had a population of around four million.

46. East Berlin is a world city of culture, politics, media and science.

47. East Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population.

48. East Berlin used special designs on their pedestrian traffic lights, called "Ampelmannchen".

49. East Berlin was the name of the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990.

50. East Berlin was the capital city of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1990.

51. East Berlin existed from 1949 to 1990 and consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin established in 1945.