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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Industrial city, administrative region (German Land ) and capital of Germany, lying on the River Spree; population (2003 est) 3,274,500, urban agglomeration 3,933,300. Products include machine tools, electronics, textiles and garments, engineering goods (including cars), electrical goods, paper, food and drink, and printed works. After the division of Germany in 1949, East Berlin became the capital of East Germany and Bonn was made the provisional capital of West Germany. The Berlin Wall divided the city from 1961 until it was opened in November 1989. Following the reunification of Germany on 3 October 1990, East and West Berlin were once more reunited as the 16th Land (administrative region) of the Federal Republic, and Berlin became once again the national capital. Features Unter den Linden, the tree-lined avenue that was once the whole city's focal point, has been restored in what was formerly East Berlin. The fashionable Kurfürstendamm and the residential Hansa quarter (1957) form…
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The Royal Porcelain Factory in Berlin (est. 1752) is best known for its superb porcelain made during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when Neo-classicism was at its height. At this time Prussia was one of the most powerful states in Europe, and it became even stronger after the defeat of…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
Capital and largest city of Germany, lying on the River Spree, NE Germany. Berlin was founded in the 13th century. It became the residence of the Hohenzollerns and the capital of Brandenburg, and later of Prussia. It rose to prominence as a manufacturing town and became the capital of the newly…
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From Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedias in Social Sciences: The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Urban and Regional Studies
Berlin is the capital of Germany and, with around 3.5 million inhabitants, it is the country’s largest city. Situated within the East German federal state on the river Spree, Berlin possesses a polycentric urban structure. Berlin’s history reaches as far back as the thirteenth century. Despite its…
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From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
City, comprising a state of Germany; pop. (2002e) 3,388,434; served as national ✽ before 1945; partitioned into East Berlin and West Berlin 1945–90; official ✽ of reunified Germany since 1990 (see table at germany) ; Charlottenburg Palace; Brandenburg Gate; German Academy of Science (1700); Humboldt…
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From The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Houghton Mifflin
Capital of reunited Germany , located in the northeastern part of the country. Formerly the capital of Prussia and then of Germany, Berlin was occupied by American, British, French, and Soviet troops after World War II . Disagreements among the Allies led to the partition of the city, with the…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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City and state (pop., 2002 est: city, 3,388,000; metro. area, 4,101,000), capital of Germany. Founded in the early 13th century, it was a member of the Hanseatic League in the 14th century. It became the residence of the Hohenzollern s and the capital of Brandenburg . It was successively the capital…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Industrial city, administrative region (German Land ) and capital of Germany, lying on the River Spree; population (2003 est) 3,274,500, urban agglomeration 3,933,300. Products include machine tools, electronics, textiles and garments, engineering goods (including cars), electrical goods, paper, …
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From The New Penguin Dictionary of Music
Capital city of Prussia (1701–1871) and Germany, enjoying periods of musical resplendence under FREDERICK II and since the end of the 19th century. Frederick founded the opera (1742, renamed the Staatsoper in 1919) and improved the court orchestra. His successors cared much less for music. Around…
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From A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
Perhaps more than Paris or London, say, this became, after NEW YORK, the second city for avant-garde art in the past century. Thanks initially to the activities of HERWARTH WALDEN whose exhibition space and magazine welcomed advanced artists from around the world, and then to the rich café culture, …
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From Encyclopedia of American Literature Full text Article Volume 3
(b. 1888–d. 1989) Russian-born American lyricist Emotionally, he honestly absorbs the vibrations emanating from the people, manners, and life of his time, and, in turn, gives these impressions back to the world—simplified, clarified, glorified. —Jerome Kern, quoted in Alexander Woollcott, The Story…
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