By 1997 Hertha got back into the Bundesliga . By 1997 Hertha found its way back to the Bundesliga where they have generally managed to finish in the upper third of the slate . When Hertha was promoted in 1997 , it ended Berlin 's six-year-long drought without a Bundesliga side which made the Bundesliga the only top league in Europe without representation from the country 's biggest city and capital .