Why was Berlin split into two when it was so far into Soviet Territory?

Question

Seems like they could have drawn the boundaries to give the allies something else instead of half of a city so far from their own zone.

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Answer 1

Berlin was the capital, so it was too important to give to one country, so it got divided separately from the rest of Germany. It’s also worth noting that these territories were supposed to be temporary administrative regions until Germany had its own government that the UK, US, France and USSR were happy with. The issue is that it took decades to reach that point.