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{{see also|Cölln|History of Berlin}}
Mitte comprises the historic center of Berlin ({{Lang|de|Altberlin}} and {{Lang|de|Cölln}}). Its history thus corresponds to the history of the entire city until the early 20th century, and with the [[Greater Berlin Act]] in 1920 it became the first district of the city. It was among the areas of the city most heavily damaged in [[World War II]].
Following a territorial redeployment by the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom that reshaped the borders of [[West Berlin]]'s British Sector in August 1945, the western part of [[Staaken#History|Staaken]] became in effect as of 1 February 1951 an [[exclave]] of Mitte, then still a borough of [[East Berlin]]. This ended on 1 January 1961, when western Staaken was incorporated into then East German [[Falkensee]], which had already been under its de facto administration since 1 June 1952.
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