Berlin Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Religion=== {{Main|Religion in Berlin}} {{Pie chart |thumb = right |caption = Religion in Berlin (2022)<ref name=stats2022>[https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/publikationen/stat_berichte/2021/SB_A01-05-00_2022h02_BE.pdf ''Statistischer Bericht Einwohnerinnen und Einwohner im Land Berlin am 31 Dezember 2022''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223190613/https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/publikationen/stat_berichte/2023/SB_A01-05-00_2018h02_BE.pdf |date=23 February 2023 }} (PDF). Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg. Retrieved 22 February 2023.</ref> |label1 = Not religious/other |value1 = 72 |color1 = Honeydew |label2 = [[Protestant Church in Germany|EKD Protestants]] |value2 = 15 |color2 = DodgerBlue |label3 = [[Catholics]] |value3 = 9 |color3 = DarkOrchid |label4 = [[Islam]] |value4 = 4 |color4 = Green |label5 = Jewish |value5 = 1 |color5 = Black |label6 = Other |value6 = 0.5 |color6 = Red }} {{multiple image | align = right | perrow = 2 | total_width = 400 | width1 = 500 |width2=500 |width3=500 |width4=500 | height1=350 |height2=350 |height3=350 |height4=350 | image1 = Berliner Dom - panoramio (20).jpg | image2 = NeueSynagogue.JPG | image3 = 2020-04-16 P4160889 St.Hedwigs-Kathedrale, Bebelplatz.jpg | image4 = Şehitlik mosque Berlin by ZUFAr.jpg | footer = Clockwise from top left: [[Berlin Cathedral]], [[New Synagogue (Berlin)|New Synagogue]], [[Şehitlik Mosque]], and [[St. Hedwig's Cathedral]] }} On the report of the 2011 census, approximately 37 percent of the population reported being members of a legally-recognized church or religious organization. The rest either did not belong to such an organization, or there was no information available about them.<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web|title=Zensus 2011 – Bevölkerung und Haushalte – Bundesland Berlin|url=https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/zensus/gdb/bev/be/11_Berlin_bev.pdf|website=[[Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg]]|pages=6–7|access-date=23 February 2019|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193809/https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/zensus/gdb/bev/be/11_Berlin_bev.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The largest religious denomination recorded in 2010 was the [[Protestant]] [[Landeskirche|regional church body]]—the [[Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia|Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (EKBO)]]—a [[united church]]. EKBO is a member of the [[Protestant Church in Germany|Protestant Church in Germany (EKD)]] and of the [[Union of Protestant Churches in the EKD|Union of Protestant Churches in the EKD (UEK)]]. According to the EKBO, their membership accounted for 18.7 percent of the local population, while the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] had 9.1 percent of residents registered as its members.<ref name="kirchenmitglieder2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.ekd.de/ekd_de/ds_doc/Ber_Kirchenmitglieder_2010.pdf |title=Kirchenmitgliederzahlen am 31.12.2010 |trans-title=Church membership on 31 December 2010 |date=November 2011 |publisher=[[Protestant Church in Germany]] |access-date=10 March 2012 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209204513/https://www.ekd.de/ekd_de/ds_doc/Ber_Kirchenmitglieder_2010.pdf |archive-date=9 February 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> About 2.7% of the population identify with other Christian denominations (mostly [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]], but also various Protestants).<ref name="Amt für Statistik Berlin–Brandenburg-2010">{{cite web |url=https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/Produkte/kleinestatistik/kBEst_2010.pdf |title=Die kleine Berlin–Statistik 2010 |trans-title=The small Berlin statistic 2010 |publisher=[[List of statistical offices in Germany|Amt für Statistik Berlin–Brandenburg]] |date=December 2010 |access-date=4 January 2011 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719085946/https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/Produkte/kleinestatistik/kBEst_2010.pdf |archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref> According to the Berlin residents register, in 2018 14.9 percent were members of the Evangelical Church, and 8.5 percent were members of the Catholic Church.<ref name="Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg-2"/> The government keeps a register of members of these churches for tax purposes, because it collects [[Church tax#Germany|church tax]] on behalf of the churches. It does not keep records of members of other religious organizations which may collect their own church tax, in this way. In 2009, approximately 249,000 [[Muslim]]s were reported by the [[Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg|Office of Statistics]] to be members of mosques and Islamic religious organizations in Berlin,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/produkte/jahrbuch/jb2010/JB_201004_BE.pdf |title=Statistisches Jahrbuch für Berlin 2010 |trans-title=Statistical yearbook for Berlin 2010 |publisher=[[List of statistical offices in Germany|Amt für Statistik Berlin–Brandenburg]] |language=de |access-date=10 February 2013 |archive-date=20 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120202750/https://www.statistik-berlin-brandenburg.de/produkte/jahrbuch/jb2010/JB_201004_BE.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> while in 2016, the newspaper ''[[Der Tagesspiegel]]'' estimated that about 350,000 Muslims observed [[Ramadan]] in Berlin.<ref>{{cite news|access-date=23 February 2019|title=Ramadan in Flüchtlingsheimen und Schulen in Berlin|url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/muslime-im-fastenmonat-ramadan-in-fluechtlingsheimen-und-schulen-in-berlin/13696160.html|website=[[Der Tagesspiegel]]|date=6 June 2016|last1=Berger|first1=Melanie|archive-date=12 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212013247/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/muslime-im-fastenmonat-ramadan-in-fluechtlingsheimen-und-schulen-in-berlin/13696160.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, about 437,000 registered residents, 11.6% of the total, reported having a migration background from one of the [[Member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation]].<ref name="Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg-2"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/muslime-im-fastenmonat-ramadan-in-fluechtlingsheimen-und-schulen-in-berlin/13696160.html |title=Ramadan in Flüchtlingsheimen und Schulen in Berlin |trans-title=Ramadan in refugee camps and schools in Berlin |work=[[Der Tagesspiegel]] |date=6 June 2016 |access-date=13 June 2017 |language=de |last1=Berger |first1=Melanie |archive-date=12 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712125538/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/muslime-im-fastenmonat-ramadan-in-fluechtlingsheimen-und-schulen-in-berlin/13696160.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Between 1992 and 2011 the Muslim population almost doubled.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schupelius |first=Gunnar |date=28 May 2015 |title=Wird der Islam künftig die stärkste Religion in Berlin sein? |url=https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/kolumne/wird-der-islam-kuenftig-die-staerkste-religion-in-berlin-sein |work=[[Berliner Zeitung]] |access-date=13 June 2017 |archive-date=3 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603092248/https://www.bz-berlin.de/berlin/kolumne/wird-der-islam-kuenftig-die-staerkste-religion-in-berlin-sein |url-status=live }}</ref> About 0.9% of Berliners belong to other religions. Of the estimated population of 30,000–45,000 Jewish residents,<ref name="The Boston Globe 2014-11-01">{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/11/01/germany-jewish-community-now-thrives/fcPnmnfpbLQ0hM1A6zDyNN/story.html |title=In Germany, a Jewish community now thrives |first=Mike |last=Ross |date=1 November 2014 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |access-date=19 August 2016 |archive-date=22 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222235631/https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/11/01/germany-jewish-community-now-thrives/fcPnmnfpbLQ0hM1A6zDyNN/story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> approximately 12,000 are registered members of religious organizations.<ref name="Amt für Statistik Berlin–Brandenburg-2010"/> Berlin is the seat of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Berlin|Roman Catholic archbishop of Berlin]] and [[Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia|EKBO]]'s elected chairperson is titled the bishop of EKBO. Furthermore, Berlin is the seat of many Orthodox cathedrals, such as the Cathedral of St. Boris the Baptist, one of the two seats of the [[Bulgarian Orthodox Church|Bulgarian Orthodox]] Diocese of Western and Central Europe, and the Resurrection of Christ Cathedral of the Diocese of Berlin (Patriarchate of Moscow). The faithful of the different religions and denominations maintain many [[List of places of worship in Berlin|places of worship in Berlin]]. The [[Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church]] has eight parishes of different sizes in Berlin.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.selk-berlin.de/ |title=Lutheran Diocese Berlin-Brandenburg |publisher=Selbständige Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche |access-date=19 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328152944/https://www.selk-berlin.de/ |archive-date=28 March 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> There are 36 [[Baptist]] congregations (within [[Union of Evangelical Free Church Congregations in Germany]]), 29 [[New Apostolic Church]]es, 15 [[United Methodist]] churches, eight Free Evangelical Congregations, four [[Church of Christ, Scientist|Churches of Christ, Scientist]] (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 11th), six congregations of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]], an [[Old Catholic]] church, and an [[Anglican]] church in Berlin. Berlin has more than 80 mosques,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dw.com/en/berlins-mosques/g-17572423 |title=Berlin's mosques |publisher=[[Deutsche Welle]] |access-date=11 November 2018 |archive-date=11 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111093250/https://www.dw.com/en/berlins-mosques/g-17572423 |url-status=live }}</ref> ten synagogues,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/berlins-juedische-gotteshaeuser-vor-der-pogromnacht-1938-untergang-einer-religioesen-vielfalt/9052966.html |title=Berlins jüdische Gotteshäuser vor der Pogromnacht 1938: Untergang einer religiösen Vielfalt |trans-title=Berlin's jewish places of worship before the Pogromnacht 1938: Decline of a religious diversity |date=10 November 2013 |access-date=11 November 2018 |work=[[Der Tagesspiegel]] |language=de |quote=Von den weit mehr als 100 jüdischen Gotteshäusern sind gerade einmal zehn übrig geblieben. (in english: Of the far more than 100 synagogues, only ten are left.) |last1=Keller |first1=Claudia |archive-date=11 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111093246/https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/berlins-juedische-gotteshaeuser-vor-der-pogromnacht-1938-untergang-einer-religioesen-vielfalt/9052966.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and two [[Buddhist]] as well as two [[Hinduism|Hindu]] temples. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page