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Berlin,
Germany Real Estate
The capital and largest city of
Germany, in the northeast part of the country. Founded in the 13th
century, it was the capital of the kingdom of Prussia from 1701 and
the capital of the German Empire (1871-1918), the Weimar Republic
(1919-1932), and the Third Reich (1933-1945). The city was divided
between 1945 and 1990 into East Berlin and West Berlin,
which division grew out of the zones of occupation established at the
end of World War II. The Berlin Wall, a wire and concrete
barrier, was erected by the East German government in August 1961 and
dismantled in November 1989. Population: 3,475,392.
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