Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Potsdam, Germany

Like Babelsberg Park and Sanssouci Park, the New Garden is part of the ensemble of Potsdam's Palace Parks. The area is a 102.5-hectare park area bordering the Heiliger See and the Jungfernsee in the north of Potsdam. From 1787, Friedrich Wilhelm II had a new garden laid out on this site, which was to stand out from the baroque Sanssouci Park.

Wikipedia: Neuer Garten Potsdam (DE), Website, Heritage Website

The Gothic Library as a two-storey tower pavilion made of sandstone is a building in the New Garden of the state capital Potsdam.

Wikipedia: Gotische Bibliothek (DE), Heritage Website

Built between 1796 and 1797 under King Friedrich Wilhelm II in the immediate vicinity of the New Garden, it is an outstanding monument of early classicist architecture in Germany due to its façade design and the quality of the preserved interiors. The authorship of the building is disputed between Michael Philipp Boumann and Carl Gotthard Langhans. Contrary to tradition and the name, the palace was probably not built for Countess Wilhelmine von Lichtenau and was not inhabited by her.

Wikipedia: Palais Lichtenau (DE), Heritage Website

The Christuskirche is a listed building in the Potsdam district of Nauener Vorstadt, Behlertstraße 9. It is the place of worship of the Evangelical Lutheran Christ Community of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church (SELK).

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The Administrative Court of Potsdam is a court of administrative jurisdiction and one of three administrative courts in Brandenburg. The president of the court is Jan Bodanowitz.

Wikipedia: Verwaltungsgericht Potsdam (DE), Heritage Website

Nauener Tor is one of the three preserved gates of Potsdam, Germany. It was built in 1755 and is the first example of the influence of English Gothic Revival architecture in Continental Europe.

Wikipedia: Nauener Tor (EN), Heritage Website

The Jägertor from 1733 is the oldest surviving Potsdam city gate. It stands in the axis of Lindenstraße and forms one of the city exits to the north. It was named after the electoral Jägerhof in front of the city. The gate was originally part of the Potsdam excise wall, which was not used for fortification, but was intended to prevent the desertion of soldiers and the smuggling of goods. Since Lindenstraße cut diagonally through the former line of the Wall, the Jägertor was built diagonally to the course of the Wall.

Wikipedia: Jägertor (DE), Heritage Website

The Lindenstraße 54/55 memorial in Potsdam commemorates the political persecution in both German dictatorships. The building, popularly known as the "Lindenhotel", served as a remand prison for political prisoners during the National Socialist era and was taken over after the war by the Soviet secret service NKVD/MGB and later the East German State Security in the same function. After the political turnaround, it became the House of Democracy and was used as a memorial from 2007.

Wikipedia: Gedenkstätte Lindenstraße 54/55 (DE), Website

The Werner-Alfred-Bad is a former swimming pool in Potsdam, Germany. It was named after the German aviation pioneer Werner Alfred Pietschker. The facility at Hegelallee 23 has been a health centre since a total renovation in 2009.

Wikipedia: Werner-Alfred-Bad (DE), Heritage Website

The Obelisk entrance constitutes the eastern limit of Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, Germany. Following plans by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Frederick the Great ordered in 1747 that this exit from the park be built.

Wikipedia: Obelisk (Sanssouci) (EN)

The Green Gate in Potsdam is the main gateway into Sanssouci Park and is situated at the end of the avenue to Sanssouci Palace. This begins as one of three roads that radiate from the Luisenplatz square. The gate was designed by Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse and was put up in 1854 as part of the construction of the Church of Peace. Its name comes from the colour in which the gate was painted. Additional ornamentation is provided by individual bars and points being picked up in gold leaf. The iron gate bears the initials of Frederick William IV.

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The Protestant Church of Peace is situated in the Marly Gardens on the Green Fence in the palace grounds of Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, Germany. The church was built according to the wishes and with the close involvement of the artistically gifted King Frederick William IV and designed by the court architect, Ludwig Persius. After Persius' death in 1845, the architect Friedrich August Stüler was charged with continuing his work. Building included work by Ferdinand von Arnim and Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse also. The church is located in the area covered by the UNESCO World Heritage Site Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin.

Wikipedia: Church of Peace, Potsdam (EN), Website

The Marly Garden is a garden area in Potsdam's Sanssouci Park.

Wikipedia: Marlygarten (DE)

The Neptune Grotto close to the Obelisk entrance in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, was created by Frederick the Great between 1751 and 1757 to beautify the park.

Wikipedia: Neptune Grotto (EN)

The Picture Gallery in the Sanssouci Park of Potsdam was built in 1755–64 during the reign of Frederick II of Prussia under the supervision of Johann Gottfried Büring. The Picture Gallery is situated east of the palace and is the oldest extant museum built for a ruler in Germany.

Wikipedia: Sanssouci Picture Gallery (EN), Website, Heritage Website

The Winzerberg is located in Potsdam and is located east opposite Sanssouci Park. The entrance from the southern foot of the hill is formed by the imposing Triumphal Gate. The Winzerberg is part of the administrative inventory of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, is maintained by a support association that has already completely restored it and has been part of Potsdam's World Heritage Site since 1990.

Wikipedia: Winzerberg (DE), Website

Sanssouci is a historical building in Potsdam, near Berlin. Built by Prussian King Frederick the Great as his summer palace, it is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart, it, too, is notable for the numerous temples and follies in the surrounding park. The palace was designed and built by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 to meet Frederick's need for a private residence where he could escape the pomp and ceremony of the royal court. The palace's name is a French phrase meaning "without worries" or "carefree", emphasising that the palace was meant as a place of relaxation rather than a seat of power.

Wikipedia: Sanssouci (EN), Website, Heritage Website

The Botanical Garden in Potsdam, is a botanical garden and arboretum maintained by the University of Potsdam. It has a total area of 8.5 hectares, of which 5 hectares are open to the public, and is located immediately southwest of the Orangery Palace at Maulbeerallee 2, Potsdam, in the German state of Brandenburg. It is open daily; an admission fee is charged for the glasshouses only (2017).

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The Chinese House is a garden pavilion in Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, Germany. Frederick the Great had it built, about seven hundred metres southwest of the Sanssouci Summer Palace, to adorn his flower and vegetable garden. The garden architect was Johann Gottfried Büring, who between 1755 and 1764 designed the pavilion in the then-popular style of Chinoiserie, a mixture of ornamental rococo elements and parts of Chinese architecture.

Wikipedia: Chinese House (Potsdam) (EN), Heritage Website

The Roman Baths, situated northeast of the Charlottenhof Palace in the Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, reflect the Italiensehnsucht of its creator Frederick William IV of Prussia. Various classical Roman and antique Italian styles were melded into an architectural ensemble, created between 1829 and 1840.

Wikipedia: Roman Baths (Potsdam) (EN)

Potsdam Park Sanssouci is a German railway station located in Potsdam, the capital city of Brandenburg, on the Berlin–Magdeburg railway. Named Potsdam Wildpark until 1999, it serves the Sanssouci Park and is famous for the Kaiserbahnhof building.

Wikipedia: Potsdam Park Sanssouci station (EN), Website, Heritage Website