Gallery34--of Berlin--Winter 2007

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The earliest evidence of settlements in today's Berlin central areas is a wooden beam dated from approximately 1192.

The Fernsehturm (TV tower) at Alexanderplatz in Mitte is the second-tallest structure in the European Union at 368 meters (1,207 ft). Built in 1969, it is visible throughout most of the central districts of Berlin. The city can be viewed from its 204 m (669 ft) high observation floor.

"Ich bin ein Berliner." ("I am a citizen of Berlin") (John F. Kennedy, President of the United States, 1963 while visiting Berlin)

"Ich hab noch einen Koffer in Berlin" ("I still have a suitcase in Berlin") (Marlene Dietrich, 1951 song by the actress and singer born in Berlin-Schöneberg.

"Berlin ist eine Stadt, verdammt dazu, ewig zu werden, niemals zu sein" ("Berlin is a city condemned always to become, never to be.") (Karl Scheffler, author of Berlin: Ein Stadtschicksal, 1910)

"Berlin wird leben und die Mauer wird fallen." ("Berlin will live and the wall will fall.") (Willy Brandt, Former Governing Mayor of West Berlin and chancellor of Germany, 10 November 1989)

The Gate's design is based upon the Propylaea, the gateway to the Acropolis in Athens, Greece and is consistent with Berlin's history of architectural classicism (first, Baroque, and then neo-Palladian). The Gate was the first "Athens on the River Spree" by architect Carl Gotthard von Langhans.

Rusian monument erected in the owner of the victory over Hitler

The Reichstag building is the site of the German parliament.

The largest groups of foreign national are those from Turkey (111,285), Poland (43,700), Serbia (22,251), Italy (14,964), Russia (14,915), the United States (14,186), France (13,113), Vietnam (12,494), Croatia (10,752), Bosnia and Herzegovina (10,556), and the United Kingdom (10,196)

estimates suggest that there are now over 4 million people of Turkish descent living in Germany. [edit] Population distribution

A quarter of the mainstream German population is older than 60 years, as compared to only 5% of the Turkish population.

Most Turks live in two conflicting cultures with contrasting behaviour codes and patterns of belonging. At work or school, German culture tends to dominate, while during leisure time social networks divide along ethnic lines of the Turkish culture

The wave of xenophobic violence that saw offences treble between 1991 and 1993, claimed several Turkish lives

East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945

Eastern Berlin has a distinctly different visual aspect, partly because of the greater survival of prewar façades and streetscapes, some still showing signs of wartime damage, and partly because of the distinctive style of urban Stalinist architecture used in the GDR

East Berlin was claimed as the capital of East Germany. From 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989 East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall.

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