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Lichtenberg is a borough of Berlin. In 2001, it was merged with the former borough of Hohenschönhausen; the resulting borough retained the name Lichtenberg. It encompasses an area of 52.29 km² and has, as of 2003, about 260,200 inhabitants. Its current mayor is Christina Emmrich (PDS).
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Lichtenberg is also the surname of the famous German 18th-century aphorist, physicist, philosopher and satirist, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg.
