There is much confusion about Berlin’s administrative divisions. Not only foreign developers struggle with the differences of “Mitte-Mitte” and “Mitte” or “Biesdorf” as not being a “Bezirk” but an “Ortsteil” of “Marzahn-Hellersdorf” which again is often mistaken by the “Ortsteil Marzahn”. And what is the difference between a Bezirk an Ortsteil and a Viertel?
It is easy though, Berlin has twelve administrative division, they are officially called “Bezirk” or “Bezirke” (plural), which is German for “borough”. They are the communal entities which hold specific legal rights. When for example applying for a building permit in one of these boroughs you will need to do this at the respective Bezirksamt. Each borough has it’s own Bezirksamt.
The Bezirke are the following:
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf |
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg |
Lichtenberg |
Marzahn-Hellersdorf |
Mitte |
Neukölln |
Pankow |
Reinickendorf |
Spandau |
Steglitz-Zehlendorf |
Tempelhof-Schöneberg |
Treptow-Köpenick |
These Bezirke have localities which are called “Ortsteile” in German. There are 96 officially recognised localities. They do not have significant legal powers and are sometimes even subdivided into sub-zones, which you call “Viertel” or “Kiez” – but these terms are not official. Of course it is culturally and socially important to explain and to know that you live in e. g. the “Gräfe-Kiez” and this of course us important to identify attractive property, but if you apply for a building permit for the Gräfe-Kiez you will have to do that at the Bezirksamt Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.
The following tablets will give you a useful overview over all localities of each boroughs:
Localities of Mitte |
(0101) Mitte |
(0102) Moabit |
(0103) Hansaviertel |
(0104) Tiergarten |
(0105) Wedding |
(0106) Gesundbrunnen |
Localities of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg |
(0201) Friedrichshain |
(0202) Kreuzberg |
Localities of Pankow |
(0301) Prenzlauer Berg |
(0302) Weißensee |
(0303) Blankenburg |
(0304) Heinersdorf |
(0305) Karow |
(0306) Stadtrandsiedlung Malchow |
(0307) Pankow |
(0308) Blankenfelde |
(0309) Buch |
(0310) Französisch Buchholz |
(0311) Niederschönhausen |
(0312) Rosenthal |
(0313) Wilhelmsruh |
Localities of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf |
(0401) Charlottenburg |
(0402) Wilmersdorf |
(0403) Schmargendorf |
(0404) Grunewald |
(0405) Westend |
(0406) Charlottenburg-Nord |
(0407) Halensee |
Localities of Spandau |
(0501) Spandau |
(0502) Haselhorst |
(0503) Siemensstadt |
(0504) Staaken |
(0505) Gatow |
(0506) Kladow |
(0507) Hakenfelde |
(0508) Falkenhagener Feld |
(0509) Wilhelmstadt |
Localities of Steglitz-Zehlendorf |
(0601) Steglitz |
(0602) Lichterfelde |
(0603) Lankwitz |
(0604) Zehlendorf |
(0605) Dahlem |
(0606) Nikolassee |
(0607) Wannsee |
Localities of Tempelhof-Schöneberg |
(0701) Schöneberg |
(0702) Friedenau |
(0703) Tempelhof |
(0704) Mariendorf |
(0705) Marienfelde |
(0706) Lichtenrade |
Localities of Neukölln |
(0801) Neukölln |
(0802) Britz |
(0803) Buckow |
(0804) Rudow |
(0805) Gropiusstadt |
Localities of Treptow-Köpenick |
(0901) Alt-Treptow |
(0902) Plänterwald |
(0903) Baumschulenweg |
(0904) Johannisthal |
(0905) Niederschöneweide |
(0906) Altglienicke |
(0907) Adlershof |
(0908) Bohnsdorf |
(0909) Oberschöneweide |
(0910) Köpenick |
(0911) Friedrichshagen |
(0912) Rahnsdorf |
(0913) Grünau |
(0914) Müggelheim |
(0915) Schmöckwitz |
Localities of Marzahn-Hellersdorf |
(1001) Marzahn |
(1002) Biesdorf |
(1003) Kaulsdorf |
(1004) Mahlsdorf |
(1005) Hellersdorf |
Localities of Lichtenberg |
(1101) Friedrichsfelde |
(1102) Karlshorst |
(1103) Lichtenberg |
(1104) Falkenberg |
(1106) Malchow |
(1107) Wartenberg |
(1109) Neu-Hohenschönhausen |
(1110) Alt-Hohenschönhausen |
(1111) Fennpfuhl |
(1112) Rummelsburg |
Localities of Reinickendorf |
(1201) Reinickendorf |
(1202) Tegel |
(1203) Konradshöhe |
(1204) Heiligensee |
(1205) Frohnau |
(1206) Hermsdorf |
(1207) Waidmannslust |
(1208) Lübars |
(1209) Wittenau |
(1210) Märkisches Viertel |
(1211) Borsigwalde |
Quelle: wikipedia.org / wikimedia
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If you have questions, please contact me:
andreas.papp@kapellmann.de
Rechtsanwalt (Bau- und Immobilienrecht)
Attorney at Law (Construction and Real Estate Law)
at Kapellmann und Partner Rechtsanwälte mbB
Anm.: Dieser Blogeintrag gibt ausschließlich die persönliche Meinung des Autors wieder.