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East Berlin consisted of the Soviet Sector of Berlin and was the capital of East Germany. From August 13, 1961 until November 9, 1989 it was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall. The East Germans called East Berlin just 'Berlin' or sometimes 'Berlin, Hauptstadt der DDR' (Berlin, capital of the GDR).
East Berlin comprised the boroughs of
- Friedrichshain
- Hellersdorf
- Hohenschönhausen
- Köpenick
- Lichtenberg
- Marzahn
- Mitte
- PankowPankow is a borough of Berlin. In 2001, it was merged with the former boroughs of Prenzlauer Berg and Weissensee; the resulting borough retained the name Pankow. It encompasses an area of 103. 07 km² and has, as of 2003, about 347,100 inhabitants. Its cur
- Prenzlauer BergPrenzlauer Berg is a former borough of Berlin situated in the eastern part of the city. In 2001 Prenzlauer Berg was combined with the former boroughs Pankow and Weissensee under the name of Pankow. After German reunification in 1990 Prenzlauer Berg soon a
- Treptow
- Weißensee
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