Berlin

Country

Kingdom of Prussia

Coordinates

52.5167, 13.3833

History

• Berlin (–1618), Margraviate of Brandenburg
• Berlin (1618–1701), Brandenburg-Prussia
• Berlin (1701–1871), Kingdom of Prussia
• Berlin (1871–1918), German Empire
• Berlin (1918–1933), Weimar Republic
• Berlin (1933–1945), Nazi Germany
• Berlin (1945–1949), Soviet occupation zone of Germany
• Berlin (1949–1990), German Democratic Republic
• Berlin (1990–), Germany

Parts

Parts that were separate places before

• East Berlin
• Berlin (West)

Composers

• Johannes Eccard (1553–1611), died in Berlin
• Johann Crüger (1598–1662), died in Berlin
• Wilhelm Karges (1613–1699), was born and died in Berlin
• Esaias Reusner (1636–1679), died in Berlin
• Johann Christoph Pepusch (1667–1752), was born in Berlin
• Ernst Gottlieb Baron (1696–1760), died in Berlin
• Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703–1771), died in Berlin
• Carl Heinrich Graun (1704–1759), died in Berlin
• Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708–1763), died in Berlin
• Christoph Schaffrath (1709–1763), died in Berlin
• Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710–1784), died in Berlin
• Frederick the Great (1712–1786), was born in Berlin
• Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716–1801), was born in Berlin
• Johann Friedrich Agricola (1720–1774), died in Berlin
• Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1723–1787), was born and died in Berlin
• Giuseppe Sarti (1729–1802), died in Berlin
• Pierre Vachon (1731–1803), died in Berlin
• Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736–1800), died in Berlin
• Ludwig August Lebrun (1752–1790), died in Berlin
• Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758–1832), was born and died in Berlin
• Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759–1845), died in Berlin
• Franz Tausch (1762–1817), died in Berlin
• Franz Lauska (1764–1825), died in Berlin
• Daniel Steibelt (1765–1823), was born in Berlin
• Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765–1814), died in Berlin
• Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776–1822), died in Berlin
• Ludwig Berger (1777–1839), was born and died in Berlin
• Louise Reichardt (1779–1826), was born in Berlin
• Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), died in Berlin
• Bernhard Klein (1793–1832), died in Berlin
• Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793–1878), was born in Berlin
• Helene Liebmann (1796–1835), was born in Berlin
• Otto Nicolai (1810–1849), died in Berlin
• Wilhelm Taubert (1811–1891), was born and died in Berlin
• Emilie Mayer (1812–1883), died in Berlin
• Eduard Rohde (1828–1883), died in Berlin
• Hans Bronsart von Schellendorff (1830–1913), was born in Berlin
• Joseph Joachim (1831–1907), died in Berlin
• Friedrich Gernsheim (1839–1916), died in Berlin
• Franz Ries (1846–1932), was born in Berlin
• Ludvig Schytte (1848–1909), died in Berlin
• Richard Eilenberg (1848–1927), died in Berlin
• Heinrich Reimann (1850–1906), died in Berlin
• Xaver Scharwenka (1850–1924), died in Berlin
• Heinrich Grünfeld (1855–1931), died in Berlin
• Emil von Reznicek (1860–1945), died in Berlin
• Conrad Ansorge (1862–1930), died in Berlin
• Cornélie van Oosterzee (1863–1943), died in Berlin
• Hugo Kaun (1863–1932), was born and died in Berlin
• Clara Anna Korn (1866–1941), was born in Berlin
• Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924), died in Berlin
• Johann Strauss III (1866–1939), died in Berlin
• Hermann Bischoff (1868–1936), died in Berlin
• Max von Schillings (1868–1933), died in Berlin
• Leon Jessel (1871–1942), died in Berlin
• Julius Fučík (1872–1916), died in Berlin
• Franz Schreker (1878–1934), died in Berlin
• James Simon (1880–1944), was born in Berlin
• Robert Stolz (1880–1975), died in Berlin
• Theodor Blumer (1881–1964), died in Berlin
• Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883–1946), died in Berlin
• Eduard Künneke (1885–1953), died in Berlin (West)
• Heinz Tiessen (1887–1971), died in Berlin
• Max Trapp (1887–1971), was born and died in Berlin
• Theo Mackeben (1897–1953), died in Berlin
• Hanns Eisler (1898–1962), died in East Berlin
• Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972), was born in Berlin
• Boris Blacher (1903–1975), died in Berlin
• Günter Raphael (1903–1960), was born in Berlin
• Rudolf Wagner-Régeny (1903–1969), died in Berlin
• Walter Goehr (1903–1960), was born in Berlin
• Joseph Ahrens (1904–1997), died in Berlin
• Konrad Wölki (1904–1983), was born and died in Berlin
• Ernst Hermann Meyer (1905–1988), was born and died in Berlin
• Heinz Friedrich Hartig (1907–1969), died in Berlin
• Alice Samter (1908–2004), was born and died in Berlin
• Hugo Distler (1908–1942), died in Berlin
• Kurt Schwaen (1909–2007), died in Berlin
• Friedrich Schröder (1910–1972), died in Berlin (West)
• Haim Alexander (1915–2012), was born in Berlin
• Isang Yun (1917–1995), died in Berlin
• Felix Werder (1922–2012), was born in Berlin
• Lukas Foss (1922–2009), was born in Berlin
• Ursula Mamlok (1923–2016), was born and died in Berlin
• Ilja Bergh (1927–2015), was born in Berlin
• Witold Szalonek (1927–2001), died in Berlin
• Diether de la Motte (1928–2010), died in Berlin
• Frank Michael Beyer (1928–2008), was born and died in Berlin
• André Previn (1929–2019), was born in Berlin
• Reiner Bredemeyer (1929–1995), died in Berlin
• Dieter Schnebel (1930–2018), died in Berlin
• Alexander Goehr (1932–2024), was born in Berlin
• Ernstalbrecht Stiebler (1934–2024), was born and died in Berlin
• Georg Katzer (1935–2019), died in Berlin
• Aribert Reimann (1936–2024), was born and died in Berlin
• John White (1936–2024), was born in Berlin
• Sieglinde Ahrens (1936–), was born in Berlin
• Friedrich Goldmann (1941–2009), died in Berlin
• Konrad Boehmer (1941–2014), was born in Berlin
• Alexander Knaifel (1943–2024), died in Berlin
• Giuseppe Sinopoli (1946–2001), died in Berlin
• Jolyon Brettingham Smith (1949–2008), died in Berlin
• Birgit Havenstein (1954–), was born in Berlin
• Michael Stöckigt (1957–), was born in Berlin
• Helmut Oehring (1961–), was born in Berlin
• Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969–2018), died in Berlin
• Carolina Eyck (1987–), was born in Berlin