© W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0Sanssouci PalacePotsdamSchloss Sanssouci stands on a terraced hill in the middle of a large park just outside Potsdam. Built in the 1740s for Frederick the Great as a summer retreat, it is a single-storey villa in the Rococo style. The palace was designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff but Frederick’s own ideas shaped every detail.… read moreOpen place
© Angel Miklashevsky · CC BY-SA 4.0Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and BerlinBerlinThe Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin form a group of palace complexes and landscaped gardens in the Havelland region around Potsdam and Berlin. Recognised as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1990, it stands as an example of landscape design shaped by Prussian state ideas and efforts of emancipation. The site… read moreOpen place
© Lear 21 · CC BY-SA 4.0UFAPotsdamUFA stands in Potsdam-Babelsberg, where its studios have stood since 1917. The company began as Universum-Film Aktiengesellschaft, formed by a consortium led by Emil Georg von Stauß from Deutsche Bank. Early members included the German government and the War Ministry, with starting capital of 25 million Reichsmark.… read moreOpen place
© A.Savin · FALEinstein TowerPotsdam-SüdThe Einstein Tower stands on the Telegraphenberg hill in Potsdam’s Albert Einstein Science Park. Designed by Erich Mendelsohn and completed in 1924, it was built to house a solar telescope meant to test Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity. The tower’s unusual curved form was shaped by Mendelsohn’s sketches, which… read moreOpen place
© ernstol · CC BY-SA 3.0CecilienhofNördliche VorstädteCecilienhof Palace stands in the northern part of the Neuer Garten park in Potsdam, close to the shore of Jungfernsee lake. Built between 1914 and 1917, it was the last palace constructed by the House of Hohenzollern. The building follows the style of an English Tudor manor house, with half-timbered walls and 55… read moreOpen place
© Uwca at German Wikipedia · Public domainGlienicke BridgeSteglitz-ZehlendorfThe Glienicke Bridge crosses the Havel River between Berlin and Potsdam. It stands where the river narrows between Jungfernsee to the north and Glienicker Lake to the south. A fourth bridge now occupies the site first bridged in 1660 for hunting parties. Karl Friedrich Schinkel rebuilt it in 1834 as a moveable brick… read moreOpen place
© A.Savin · FALNew PalaceBrandenburger VorstadtThe New Palace stands on the western edge of Sanssouci Park in Potsdam. Built between 1763 and 1769 under Frederick the Great, it was meant as a display of Prussian power rather than a royal residence. The palace mixes Baroque grandeur with touches of Rococo, showing Frederick’s preference for lavish decoration. Over… read moreOpen place
© PodracerHH · CC BY 3.0Babelsberg PalaceBabelsbergBabelsberg Palace stands in the Babelsberg Park quarter of Potsdam, near Berlin. It was the summer home of Prince William and his wife Augusta for more than fifty years. The palace and its surrounding park form part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin’. The building was designed… read moreOpen place
© Arild Vågen · CC BY-SA 3.0Orangery PalacePotsdamThe Orangerieschloss stands in the Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, a grand palace built between 1851 and 1864 for King Frederick William IV. It was designed by architects Friedrich August Stüler, Friedrich Ludwig Persius and Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse in the Italian Renaissance style. The building stretches 300 metres along… read moreOpen place
© A.Savin · FALCity PalacePotsdamThe Potsdam City Palace stands on the Old Market Square beside St Nicholas’ Church. It was the winter residence of Brandenburg’s electors, later Prussian kings and German emperors. The Baroque palace was built between 1662 and 1669, then enlarged in the 1740s by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff for Frederick the… read moreOpen place
