Berlin

federated state, capital and largest city of Germany
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Summary

Berlin is a seat of government[1]. Berlin draws 178,405 Wikipedia views per month (seat of government category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: City of Design[3], Princess of Asturias Award for Concord[4], Führerstadt[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Germany[6]
  • Country: Germany[7]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Spree[8], Großer Wannsee[9], Lake Tegel[10], Havel[11], Dahme[12], Müggelsee[13], Tegeler Fließ[14], Aalemannkanal[15], Neukölln Ship Canal[16], Luisenstadt Canal[17], Teltow Canal[18]
  • Head of government: Kai Wegner[19]
  • Continent: Europe[20]
  • Instance of: metropolis[21], integrated municipality[22], Unitary municipality in Germany[23], urban municipality in Germany[24], city-state[25], independent city in Berlin[26], largest city[27], federated state of Germany[28], federal capital[29]
  • Official language: German[30]
  • Shares border with: Brandenburg[31], Barnim District[32], Märkisch-Oderland District[33], Oder-Spree District[34], Dahme-Spreewald District[35], Teltow-Fläming District[36], Potsdam-Mittelmark District[37], Potsdam[38], Havelland District[39], Oberhavel District[40], Kleinmachnow[41], Stahnsdorf[42], Hohen Neuendorf[43]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Bezirk Mitte[44], Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg[45], Pankow[46], Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf[47], Spandau[48], Steglitz-Zehlendorf[49], Tempelhof-Schöneberg[50], Neukölln[51], Treptow-Köpenick[52], Marzahn-Hellersdorf[53], Lichtenberg[54], Reinickendorf[55]
  • Flag: flag of Berlin[56]
  • Twinned administrative body: Los Angeles[57], Paris[58], Madrid[59], Istanbul[60], Warsaw[61], Moscow[62], Brussels[63], Budapest[64], Tashkent[65], Mexico City[66], Beijing[67], Jakarta[68], Tokyo[69], Buenos Aires[70]
  • Legislative body: Berlin House of Representatives[71]

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Berlin include Berlin Wall[72], a cordon[73], in German Democratic Republic[74], founded in 1961[75]; Battle of Berlin[76], a battle[77], in Germany[78]; Berlin Brandenburg Airport[79], a commercial airport[80], in Germany[81]; Prussian blue[82], a type of chemical entity[83]; Berlin-Tempelhof Airport[84], an international airport[85], in Germany[86], founded in 1923[87]; Berlin U-Bahn[88], a rapid transit[89], in Germany[90], founded in 1902[91]; Berlin[92], a musical group[93], founded in 1978[94]; and Berlin-Tegel Airport[95], an international airport[96], in Germany[97], founded in 1948[98].

Why It Matters

Berlin has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[99] Berlin is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[100]

Entities named for Berlin include Berlin Wall[72], a cordon[73], in German Democratic Republic[74], founded in 1961[75]; Battle of Berlin[76], a battle[77], in Germany[78]; Berlin Brandenburg Airport[79], a commercial airport[80], in Germany[81]; Prussian blue[82], a type of chemical entity[83]; Berlin-Tempelhof Airport[84], an international airport[85], in Germany[86], founded in 1923[87]; and Berlin U-Bahn[88], a rapid transit[89], in Germany[90], founded in 1902[91].

FAQs

What awards did Berlin receive?

Honors received include City of Design[3], Princess of Asturias Award for Concord[4], and Führerstadt[5].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [99] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [100] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11h ago · SlartibartfastT · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → seat of government, metropolis, integrated municipality +10
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Fandom article id: historica:Berlin"
  2. 3d ago · Tomodachi94 · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → berlin:Berlin, germany:Berlin, cities:Berlin +2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: historica:Berlin, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/299600482|Berlin (#299600482)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8197|Historica Wiki a"
  3. 9d ago · Singlespeedfahrer · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Brandenburg, Barnim District, Märkisch-Oderland District +10
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Shares border with: Hohen Neuendorf"
  4. 14d ago · Tacsipacsi · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → seat of government, metropolis, integrated municipality +10
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: cultural capital"
  5. 14d ago · Paul Jivcovici · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: seat of government"
  6. 22d ago · Putnik · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'anp', 'ar', 'a
    Sitelink count → 334
    Viaf cluster id → 122530980, 242551528
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → berlynas
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: berlynas"
  7. 5w ago · Mr.FarFar · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+1200'}, {'amount': '+7000'}, {'amount': '+8500'} +44
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Population: 3,850,000, البوت Mr.FarFar: استيراد بيانات هيكلية كبرى وتحديث الخواص تلقائياً"
  8. 7w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+1200'}, {'amount': '+7000'}, {'amount': '+8500'} +44
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51891|batch #51891]]: einwohnerzahlen2025"
  9. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Berlin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/Berlin, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  10. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1oDtA3
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40836|batch #40836]]: ZGBK ID"
  11. 15w ago · Apalsola · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → {'amount': '+2216734'}
    Topic has template → Template:Berlin
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic has template: Template:Berlin"
  12. 16w ago · Polimorph · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Located in time zone: Central European Summer Time"
  13. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 77386
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 77386, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  14. 16w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Spree-Athen
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Said to be the same as: Q10975765"
  15. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+1200'}, {'amount': '+7000'}, {'amount': '+8500'} +44
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39115|batch #39115]]: einwohnerzahlen2024"
  16. 16w ago · Polimorph · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) of the class → roadside tree
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Has part(s) of the class: roadside tree"
  17. 17w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gaycities id → berlin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Gaycities id: berlin, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/226429041|Berlin (#226429041)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7294|GayCities city]] #mix'n'm"
  18. 18w ago · Таёжный лес · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Spree-Athen
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Said to be the same as: Q10975765"
  19. 19w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36128|batch #36128]]"
  20. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0001911-Berlin-Nemecko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0001911-Berlin-Nemecko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  21. 20w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Spree-Athen
    Nickname → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Spree-Athen'}
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 15298132w, 119471281
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Official map url: https://www.berlin.de/stadtplan/, Cleanup: remove redundant reference URL (P854) ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
  22. 21w ago · Shisma · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of geographic center → {'lat': 52.5017723, 'lon': 13.4042742}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Coordinates of geographic center: 52°30'6.3803"N, 13°24'15.3871"E"
  23. 22w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → seat of government, metropolis, integrated municipality +10
    Harper's tag → berlin-germany, berlin
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: berlin-germany, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289909883|berlin germany (#289909883)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  24. 23w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Demonym → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Berliner'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Berlinerin'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Berlinerinnen'} +21
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||vls, kai, sm, war, vo, shi, pap, lez, lad, tk, gd, bcl, bm, got, vec, km, rn, lo, nap, zea, hak, ady, pfl, mzn, fy, kge, jv, pnb, rm, kbp, fur, io, sah, bxr *"
  25. 24w ago · TadejM · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Demonym → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Berliner'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Berlinerin'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Berlinerinnen'} +21
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Demonym: Berlinčan"
  26. 24w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Berlin
    Located in → —
    Category for honorary citizens of entity → Category:Honorary citizens of Berlin, Category:Honorary citizens of Berlin (former)
    Highest point → Arkenberge
    + 85 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||vls, kai, sm, war, vo, shi, pap, lez, lad, tk, gd, bcl, bm, got, vec, km, rn, lo, nap, zea, hak, ady, pfl, mzn, fy, kge, jv, pnb, rm, kbp, fur, io, sah, bxr *"
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