Friedrichshain is a quarter (Ortsteil) of the borough of Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in Berlin, Germany. From its creation in 1920 until 2001, it was a freestanding city borough. Formerly part of East Berlin, it is adjacent to Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Kreuzberg and Lichtenberg.
Oberbaumbrücke
Karl-Marx-Allee, the broad boulevard that bisects Friedrichshain, seen from TV tower
Märchenbrunnen in Volkspark Friedrichshain
Simon-Dach-Straße is the "heart" of Friedrichshain and one of the liveliest places in East Berlin.
Boroughs and neighborhoods of Berlin
Berlin is both a city and one of Germany's federated states. Since the 2001 administrative reform, it has been made up of twelve districts, each with its own administrative body. However, unlike the municipalities and counties of other German states, the Berlin districts are not territorial corporations of public law with autonomous competencies and property, but simple administrative agencies of Berlin's state and city government, the City of Berlin forming a single municipality since the Greater Berlin Act of 1920. Thus they cannot be equated to US or UK boroughs in the traditional meaning of the term.
The 12 Berlin Bezirke (districts) - following the 2001 district reform