Prenzlauer Berg

District Berlin, Germany

Prenzlauer Berg is an important district of Berlin. For many years included in the territory of East Berlin, following the fall of the wall Prenzlauer Berg attracted many investors from former West Germany, becoming an area of important cultural and demographic reunification. Until 2001, Prenzlauer Berg was an independent district and now belongs to the Pankow district.

From the 1960s onward, Prenzlauer Berg was associated with proponents of East Germany's diverse counterculture including Christian activists, bohemians, state-independent artists, and the gay community. It was an important site for the peaceful revolution that brought down the Berlin Wall in 1989. In the 1990s the borough was also home to a vibrant squatting scene. It has since experienced rapid gentrification.