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Tourist Attractions in Potsdam, Germany

Picture of Sanssouci Palace
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(Sanssouci Park)
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sanssouci Palace was built between 1745 and 1747. A Roccoco building, the Palace features the exquisite Marble Hall, Little Gallery, Concert Room, Library and Voltaire Room.
Picture of Sanssouci Park
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Created over four generations, Sanssouci Park in Potsdam is the site of beautiful gardens, buildings and works of art. Sanssouci Park is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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(Neuer Garten and Mauener Vorstadt)
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(Neuer Garten and Mauener Vorstadt)
Read More Charlottenhof Palace
(Sanssouci Park)
The Charlottenhof Palace is found in Sanssouci Park. This building boasts of several interesting features, including a room laid out as a tent, where Alexander von Humboldt once stayed.
Dutch Quarter
To the north of Bassinplatz lies the famous Dutch Quarter (Holländisches Viertel), with 134 brick houses in a uniform style built between 1737 and 1742 by J. Boumann the Elder and Dutch craftsmen.
Film Museum
In Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse in Potsdam, can be found the Baroque Marstall (Court Stables; by J. A. Nering, 1675; G. W. von Knobelsdorff, 1746), now housing the Film Museum. Opposite the Marstall is the Karl Liebknecht Forum. In the Platz der Einheit (Unity Square) is the large General Library (1971-74).
Address
Potsdam Film Museum
D-14467 Potsdam
Germany
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Close18:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:0018:00
Read More Neuer Garten and Mauener Vorstadt
Located on the banks of the Heiliger See, the 18th C Neuer Garten and Mauener Vorstadt is one of two important public parks in Potsdam.
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(Sanssouci Park)
Old Town Hall
In the Alter Markt in Potsdam stands the former Town Hall (now the House of Culture), a Baroque building (1753) with three-quarter-length Corinthian columns, a tower with a stepped dome and a gilded figure of Atlas with the world on his back, which is linked by an intervening wing with the Baroque Knobelsdorffhaus (1750).
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(Sanssouci Park)
The Peace Church was built in the mid 19th C and has a priceless 11th C apse mosaic.
Potsdam Waterworks
At the corner of Leninallee and Wilhelm-Külz-Strasse in Potsdam can be seen the Waterworks for the fountains in Sanssouci Park, built by Ludwig Persius in 1841-41 in the form of a Moorish-style mosque, with the chimney disguised as a minaret.
St Nicholas's Church
Diagonally opposite the Old Town Hall in Potsdam is the Nikolaikirche (St Nicholas's Church), a neo-classical church on a centralized plan built by Ludwig Persius in 1830-37, following a design by K. F. Schinkel. In front of the church can be seen an obelisk (1753) with the likenesses of the principal architects of Potsdam.
Brandenburger Strasse
The Brandenburger Strasse pedestrian zone in Potsdam is a good example of the skilled restoration of historic buildings. The houses were built in 1733-39 in a uniform style: two stories, with overhanging eaves and rooms in the gable for the billeting of troops.
French Church
On the southeast side of Bassinplatz in Potsdam is the French Church (Französische Kirche; 1751-52), a Baroque church on a centralized plan built by J. Boumann the Elder to the design of Knobelsdorff and remodeled in neo-classical style by Schinkel in 1832-33.
Friendship Island
Below the Lange Brücke in Potsdam is the Freundschaftsinsel (Friendship Island), with gardens laid out by Karl Foerster in 1953-54.
Orangerie and Park
The Orangery and Park in Potsdam was built between 1851 and 1860 in Italian Renaissance style.
Address
Sanssouci Park - Orangery
D-14469 Potsdam
Germany
Hours
May 15 to October 15
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OpenClosedClosedClosed10:0010:0010:0010:00
Close 17:0017:0017:0017:00
Tips
The ticket office is closed between 12 and 12:30 pm.
Potsdam Museum
On Wilhelm-Külz-Strasse is the Potsdam Museum and, beside it, the old Military Orphanage (1722).
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Potsdam Surroundings

Telegrafenberg
On the Telegrafenberg (94m/308ft), near Potsdam, are a number of research establishments, including the Meteorological Observatory (1888-90), the Geodetic Institute (1889-92) and the Einstein Tower (by E. Mendelssohn, 1920-21), the most striking building on the hill, in a streamlined style influenced by Expressionism.
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