Scheunenviertel
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Scheunenviertel refers to an area in the centre of Berlin just to the north of the Alexanderplatz. Until the Second World War it was regarded as a slum district and had a substantial Jewish population with a high proportion of migrants from Eastern Europe.
Following German reunification the Scheunenviertel, together with the Hackescher Markt and Spandauer Vorstadt, has become a fashionable district popular with younger people.
Note that Scheunenviertel is often mistakenly used as a synonym for Berlin's Jewish quarter. Jewish cultural and commercial life was however centred on the neighbouring Spandauer Vorstadt, where New Synagogue and other Jewish establishments are located.