Mitte

With the administrative reform in 2001, the new Mitte district was formed from the three old districts Mitte, Tiergarten, and Wedding. Mitte is simultaneously a metropolis and a neighborhood, a cosmopolitan city and a place to live. Its six districts include the Bundestag, government buildings, and embassies as well as a residential district, gastronomy, and with the large Tiergarten, the so-called green lung of Berlin.

Attractive surroundings

• Many world-famous squares and streets with international flair:
  - Alexanderplatz
  - Unter den Linden
  - Friedrichstrasse
  - Pariser Platz and the Brandenburg Gate
  - Potsdamer Platz
  - Gendarmenmarkt, considered one of the most beautiful squares in Europe
• A lively cultural scene:
  - Two out of Berlin's three opera houses
  - Theatres
  - Concert halls
• Museum Island (UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site)
• Rosenthal suburb around the Oranienburger Straße with a lively pub and art scene
• Many parks:
  - Grosser Tiergarten
  - Public park Rehberge, Humboldthain
  - Green areas and riverside locations along the Spree, Panke, canals and lakes
• The zoo

Local advantages

• Very good infrastructure
• Seat of national political institutions, commercial associations and renowned institutions
• A research and academic location
• Attractive, centrally-located quarters for jandicraft, high-tech, logistics, manufacturing and service companies
• Business start-up networks
• Cultural diversity

Commercial districts in Mitte

Martinikenfelde

Located in the west of Mitte, bordering the district of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The 32-hectare site was for a long time used by processing industry firms. In addition to historical and some listed industrial buildings (by Peter Behrens and Alfred Grenander amongst others), there are industrial and commercial buildings originating from almost every decade of the 20th Century.

Main sectors:

• IT and communication technology (GFAD and other firms, the Heinz-Hertz Institute, computing at the Technical University, Focus Teleport)
• Mobility (car showrooms, Meilenwerk, Continental Temic, transport engineering)
• Manufacturing/mechanical engineering (PTZ, Siemens, Müller-Zeiner, Brose, Atotech)

Bezirksamt Mitte von Berlin
[Local Authority]
Abt. Stadtentwicklung, Bauen, Wirtschaft und Ordnung
[Urban Planning Dept.]
Fachbereich Stadtplanung (Legally binding development planning)
[Planning Division]
Müllerstr. 146
13353 Berlin
+49 30 9018-45846
Fax: +49 30 9018-45776
stadtplanung(at)ba-mitte.berlin.de
www.berlin.de/mitte

Berliner Innovations- und Gründerzentrum (BIG)
im Technologie- und Innovationspark Berlin (TIB)
[Berlin Innovation and Start-up Center (BIG) at the Berlin Technology and Innovation Park (TIB)]

Wedding: A traditional location at the heart of Berlin.
The AEG machine factory was built here between 1887 and 1905. Following extensive modernisation, the Berlin Innovation and Start-Up Center (BIG), the first center of its kind in Germany, moved into these buildings in 1983. Two years later, Germany's first technology park, the Berlin Technology and Innovation park (TIB) was added.

• The more than 90 companies on the site are a mere stone's throw from the 14 research establishments of Berlin Technical University (TUB) and the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (FHG) directly in the technology park, with Humboldt University and especially the Charité close-by.
• Total area: 92,000 square metres
• Premises available for entrepreneurs, young businesses with innovative projects, established and growing innovative companies working on short-term innovative projects.
• A wide range of support and cooperation services
• A comprehensive range of services on offer
• In cooperation with the GSG (a company providing commercial property to small and medium-sized businesses), approximately 52,000 square metres of multi-functional ready-to-use business space (offices and halls) is available for rent in modernized historical buildings.
• More than 200 companies have already been launched or undergone their first development phase at the BIG/TIB. The site currently hosts more than 90 companies in a wide variety of sectors.

Gewerbesiedlungs-Gesellschaft mbH (GSG)
Geneststraße 5
10829 Berlin
+49 30 390 93-0
Fax: +49 30 390 93-199
info(at)gsg.de
www.gsg.de

Provider: 

Technologie- und Innovationspark Berlin (TIB)
Berliner Innovations- und Gründerzentrum (BIG)
Technologie-Park Humboldthain
Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25
13355 Berlin
+49 30 440123-123
Fax: +49 30 39093-199
info(at)gsg.de

Gründerinnenzentrum WeiberWirtschaft eG
[WeiberWirtschaft center for female entrepreneurs]

The former East German state-run cosmetics manufacturing complex has been transformed into a modern center for start-ups following thorough modernisation and renovation work. New standards have been set through the combined use of modern, environmentally-friendly procedures and technologies. The center for female entrepreneurs was responsible for Berlin's first environmentally friendly renovation of a trading estate.

• Companies and projects run by women
• A total of 5,500 square metres office and commercial space
• On-site childcare facilities, canteen and conference area
• This variety promotes the development of cross-sector contact and business relationships.
• Bridge-building between commercial and non-commercial institutions
• An excellent potential for improving quality of work and life

WeiberWirtschaft eG
Anklamer Straße 38
10115 Berlin-Mitte
+49 30 440223-0
Fax: +49 30 440223-44
infos@weiberwirtschaft.de
www.weiberwirtschaft.de

Business development in Mitte

Local business promotion is conducted with regional demands in mind. Mitte's business promotion activities mediate between the local economy on the one hand and the local authority on the other, and endeavour to foster mutually agreeable solutions through proactive communication.

Areas of activity:

• Business start-up advice and management consultancy
• Specialist and political advice for business-related projects
• Joint developments and financial aid
• Represents the interests of the local economy in construction and development plans
• Supports investors interested in settling in the district
• Portfolio management and networking of local business activities

Your contact at the local authority in Mitte

Beate Brüning
Head of Business Development
+49 30 9018-34372
Fax: +49 30 9018-48834321
beate.bruening(at)ba-mitte.berlin.de
www.berlin.de/ba-mitte

Your contact at Berlin Partner for Business and Technology

Stefan Schulze
Project Manager Mitte
+49 30 9212-2828
stefan.schulze(at)berlin-partner.de