Moabit

Moabit
Locality of Berlin
Stadtteilgarden in Moabit
Location of Moabit in Mitte district and Berlin
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Coordinates: 52°32′00″N 13°20′00″E / 52.53333°N 13.33333°E / 52.53333; 13.33333
Country	Germany
State	Berlin
City	Berlin
Borough	Mitte
Founded	1861
Area
• Total	7.72 km2 (2.98 sq mi)
Elevation	52 m (171 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[1]
• Total	84,113
• Density	11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	10551, 10553, 10555, 10557, 10559
Vehicle registration	B

Moabit (German: [moaˈbiːt] ^ⓘ) is an inner city locality in the borough of Mitte, Berlin, Germany. As of 2022, about 84,000 people lived in Moabit. First inhabited in 1685 and incorporated into Berlin in 1861, the former industrial and working-class neighbourhood is fully surrounded by three watercourses, which define its present-day border. Between 1945 and 1990, Moabit was part of the British sector of West Berlin and directly bordered East Berlin.

Until the administrative reform in 2001, Moabit was a part of the district of Tiergarten.

Colloquially, the name Moabit also refers to the Central Criminal Court (Strafgericht) and detention centre, which deals with all criminal cases in Berlin and is based in Moabit.