Prenzlauer Berg
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| Borough of Berlin | |
Kastanienallee/Schönhauser Allee
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 Prenzlauer Berg
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Location of Prenzlauer Berg in Pankow district and Berlin
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| Coordinates: 52°32′21″N 13°25′27″E / 52.53917°N 13.42417°ECoordinates: 52°32′21″N 13°25′27″E / 52.53917°N 13.42417°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Berlin |
| City | Berlin |
| Borough | Pankow |
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| • Total | 11 km2 (4 sq mi) |
| Population (2015-06-30) | |
| • Total | 156,910 |
| • Density | 14,000/km2 (37,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | (nr. 0301) 10405, 10407, 10409, 10435, 10437, 10439, 10119, 10247, 10249 |
| Vehicle registration | B |
Prenzlauer Berg is a locality of Berlin, forming the southerly and most urban part of the district of Pankow.
Since its founding in 1920 until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was a district of Berlin in its own right. However, that year it was incorporated (along with the borough of Weißensee) into the greater district of Pankow.
From the 1960s onward, Prenzlauer Berg was associated with proponents of East Germany's diverse counterculture including Christian activists bohemians, state-independent artists, and the gay community. It was an important site for the peaceful revolution that brought down the Berlin Wall in 1989. In the 1990s the borough was also home to a vibrant squatting scene. It has since experienced rapid gentrification.
Prenzlauer Berg is a portion of the Pankow district in northeast Berlin. To the West and Southwest it borders Mitte, to the South Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, to the East Lichtenberg, and to the North Weißensee and Pankow.
Geologically, the borough straddles the southernmost edge of the Barnim glacial deposit formed during the last Ice Age. Prenzlauer Berg (literally Prenzlau Hill) was always seen as a hill by the inhabitants of historic Berlin situated to the South in the glacial valley along the river Spree. Until the 20th century the area was mostly referred to as "Windmill Hill".
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