Air Pollution in Berlin
The "Air Quality Network of Berlin" (BLUME)
Berlin is the capital and the biggest city of Germany.
It has a population of about 3.5 million and extends over 889 square kilometers. It is located in central
Europe, longitude 13:25 E, latitude 52:32 N, 34 m above sea level,
at the rivers Spree and Havel. The local time zone is Central European
Time (MEZ or MET, one hour in advance of GMT, i.e., MEZ = GMT+1) with daylight savings time in the summer (MESZ = GMT+2).
History
Berlin was the capital of Prussia until 1945 and the capital of
Germany between 1871 and 1945 and again since the reunification of Germany on October 3,
1990. (The German parliament, called Bundestag, and the German government are supposed to move
from Bonn to Berlin till the year 2000.) Between 1949
and 1990, it was divided into East Berlin, the capital of the German Democratic Republic, and West Berlin.
It was divided by the Berlin Wall between August
13, 1961, and November 9, 1989.
Population Density
Berlin today has about 3.6 million inhabitants
on an area of 890.5 km2 (45 km x 38 km).
The highest population density is in the inner city area within the "S-Bahn Guertel" (city-railway ring).
This part of the city has an
area of 98.2 km2 with 11,400 inhabitants
per km2. The average population density is 4,031 inh./km2.
For comparison, Paris has a density of 20,000 inh./km2 in the inner
city.
