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kreuzberg, or cross hill, is a borough near the mitte in berlin. it has one of the lowest number of german citizens, if not the lowest, of the city, due to the high number of mainly turkish immigrants. Formed by jews around 1820, it was almost a rural area till industrialization made berlin grown fast. the area became a place for intense housing and rents were affordable to most people.

after world war 2 the place was destroyed and was kinda abandonned. since the reunification of germany (and even a litte bit before), kreuzberg, which was one of the poorest areas of berlin, has become an interesting place to immigrants, musicians and artists in general, cause the cost of living was low.

nowadays it's one of berlin's cultural centers, and besides thriving on it, still has high unemployment rates and the city's lowest average incomes. it's a 'young people' borough; the population has been completely swapped more than once in the last twenty years.

it's home to berlin's punk rock movement as well as other subcultures. every year it's held in the area the 'carnival of cultures', that includes music, food, street entertainment and craft stalls. ive been inspired by bloc party's 'kreuzberg' song to write this thing, and guided by wikipedia, as usual.