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West Berlin
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the Western sectors of Berlin between 1945 and 1990
West Berlin was the portion of Berlin controlled by the United States, Britain, and France after World War II ended in 1945, surrounded by Soviet-controlled East Germany. It remained a symbol of Western presence deep within communist territory until German reunification in 1990, making it a flashpoint during the Cold War, most notably during the 1948–1949 Berlin Blockade and the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- enclave
- Official name
- Berlin (West)
- Demonym
- Δυτικοβερολινέζοι
- Country
- Allied-occupied Germany
- Located in
- Allied-occupied Germany
- Continent
- Europe
- Official language
- German
- Population
- 1984837
- Area
- 479.9
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- Shares border with
- Potsdam District
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 173-1282, Berlin, Brandenburger Tor, Wasserwerfer.jpg
- Flag
- flag of Berlin
- Coat of arms
- coat of arms of Berlin
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- category for people born here
- Category:Births in West Berlin
- Commons category
- West-Berlin
- enclave within
- German Democratic Republic
- topic's main category
- Category:West Berlin
- inception
- 1949-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1990-10-03
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in West Berlin
- territory claimed by
- German Democratic Republic
- has boundary
- Berlin Wall
- category of associated people
- Category:People from West Berlin
- native label
- West-Berlin
- P8168
- solenoid
- replaced by
- Berlin
- located in the present-day administrative territorial entity
- Berlin
- P12749
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Encyclopedic overview
Today part ofGermany
West Berlin (German: Berlin (West) or West-Berlin, German pronunciation: [ˈvɛstbɛʁˌliːn] ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under military occupation until German reunification in 1990, the territory was claimed by the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). The legality of this claim was contested by the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries, although West Berlin de facto aligned itself politically with the FRG from May 1949, was thereafter directly or indirectly represented in its federal institutions, and most of its residents were citizens of the FRG.
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