Greater Berlin Act

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The Greater Berlin Act was a 1920 law that massively expanded Berlin’s boundaries by incorporating numerous surrounding towns and districts into a single unified city.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German law
law
territorial reorganization act
appliesTo Berlin
surface form: City of Berlin

rural districts around Berlin
suburban municipalities around Berlin
appliesToJurisdiction Berlin
Prussia
country Germany
dateOfEnactment 1920-04-27
effect incorporation of surrounding towns into Berlin
increase of Berlin’s administrative responsibilities
increase of Berlin’s population
massive expansion of Berlin’s municipal area
unification of Berlin and its suburbs into a single municipality
effectiveDate 1920-10-01
hasConsequence centralization of urban planning in Berlin
formation of Greater Berlin as one of the largest cities in Europe by area
integration of multiple local administrations into a single city government
historicalPeriod Weimar Republic
surface form: Weimar Republic era
languageOfWork German
legalForm statute
legislativeBody Prussian Landtag
partOf administrative history of Berlin
pointInTime 1920
purpose to create Greater Berlin by expanding the city’s boundaries
reorganizedEntity Berlin
surrounding rural districts of Berlin
surrounding towns of Berlin
subjectOf territorial reform of Berlin

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Schöneberg incorporatedInto Greater Berlin Act
subject surface form: Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin
this entity surface form: Stadtverordnetenversammlung von Groß-Berlin