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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Stadtverordnetenversammlung von Groß-Berlin | 1 |
Statements (30)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin
this entity surface form:
Stadtverordnetenversammlung von Groß-Berlin