Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region

The Berlin/Brandenburg metropolitan region or capital region is one of eleven metropolitan regions of Germany, consisting of the entire territories of the state of Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg. The region covers an area of with a total population of about 6.2 million.
The metropolitan region should be distinguished from Berlin's immediate agglomeration, dubbed Berliner Umland which comprises the city and the nearby Brandenburg municipalities. Berliner Umland is significantly smaller and much more densely populated than the metropolitan region, accounting for the vast majority of the region's population over a fraction of its total land area.

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Economy

In 2024, Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region had GDP of around €304.6 billion or 7% of total German GDP.

State

GDP

Berlin

Geography

Within the metropolitan region, there is a much smaller and much more densely populated area called Berliner Umland, which comprises the city of Berlin and the immediate Brandenburg municipalities surrounding it. With over 4.46 million people living in its area, Berliner Umland accounts for the vast majority of the population of the entire metropolitan region over approximately 12% of the entire area.
The region contains five independent cities – of which the Brandenburg capital Potsdam is the only one with a population greater than 100,000 – and 14 districts. The inhabitants of Berlin and Potsdam account for more than 80 percent of the region's total population. The Brandenburg area is characterized by suburban settlements on the Berlin city limits and small towns in the rural outer area.
Beside Berlin and Potsdam, Berliner Umland comprises the following 67 municipalities: These other communes are listed below, subdivided per district. The municipalities marked with have city status:

Barnim: Ahrensfelde, Bernau, Panketal, Rüdnitz, Wandlitz, Werneuchen.
Dahme-Spreewald: Bestensee, Eichwalde, Heidesee, Königs Wusterhausen, Mittenwalde, Schönefeld, Schulzendorf, Wildau, Zeuthen.
Havelland: Brieselang, Dallgow-Döberitz, Falkensee, Ketzin, Nauen, Paulinenaue, Pessin, Retzow, Schönwalde-Glien, Wustermark.
Märkisch-Oderland: Altlandsberg, Fredersdorf-Vogelsdorf, Hoppegarten, Neuenhagen, Petershagen-Eggersdorf, Rüdersdorf, Strausberg.
Oberhavel: Birkenwerder, Glienicke/Nordbahn, Hennigsdorf, Hohen Neuendorf, Kremmen, Leegebruch, Mühlenbecker Land, Oranienburg, Velten.
Oder-Spree: Erkner, Fürstenwalde, Gosen-Neu Zittau, Grünheide, Langewahl, Rauen, Schöneiche, Spreenhagen, Woltersdorf
Potsdam-Mittelmark: Beelitz, Borkheide, Groß Kreutz, Kleinmachnow, Michendorf, Nuthetal, Schwielowsee, Seddiner See, Stahnsdorf, Teltow, Werder.
Teltow-Fläming: Blankenfelde-Mahlow, Großbeeren, Ludwigsfelde, Rangsdorf, Trebbin, Zossen.

Centralities

The metropolitan region counts three levels of centralities : The metropolis of Berlin, the four upper level regional centres of Potsdam, Cottbus, Brandenburg an der Havel and Frankfurt (Oder), as well as 42 secondary centres allocated to 50 towns.
The Berlin agglomeration comprises the metropolis Berlin, the regional centre of Potsdam and 17 secondary centres:

Demographics of ''Berliner Umland''

The following list contains the most populated towns and municipalities in the Berliner Umland:

Transport

Air

The region was served by Berlin Schönefeld Airport. It was the largest airport in Brandenburg. After the airport closed in 2020, it was the second largest international airport of the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region and was located southeast of central Berlin in Schönefeld. The airport was a base for Condor, easyJet and Ryanair. In 2016, Schönefeld handled 11,652,922 passengers.
Schönefeld's existing infrastructure and terminals were incorporated into the new Berlin Brandenburg Airport. The airport has become the third busiest airport in Germany after Frankfurt Airport and Munich Airport, surpassing Düsseldorf Airport and making it the twenty-fourth busiest in Europe.