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Sanssouci in Potsdam (see
pp140–41), the enchanting
Baroque summer residence
built for Prussia’s King
Frederick the Great, stands
on the site of former
gardens and vineyards.

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Wittstock
Pritzwalk Schwedt/
Oder
Wittenberge Schloß Wörlitz is surrounded by a romantic
landscaped park (see pp160–61) criss-crossed by
a network of waterways open to pleasure boats.
Oranienburg
Stendal
BERLIN
Frankfurt
Potsdam an der Oder
BRANDENBURG
Magdeburg (See pp132–45)
Guben
Schönebeck Jüterbog
Halberstadt
SAXONY- Lübbenau
ANHALT Lutherstadt Cottbus
Wittenberg
(See pp146–61)
Nordhausen Delitzsch The Völkerschlachtdenkmal in
Halle Hoyerswerda Leipzig (see pp166–7) was erected to
celebrate the centenary of the battle
Leipzig fought by Prussia, Austria, Russia and
SAXONY Sweden against Napoleon’s army
(See pp162–85) Bautzen in 1813.
Mühlhausen Naumburg Döbeln
Dresden
Zeitz
Eisenach Zittau
Weimar
Gotha Erfurt Jena Freiberg
Gera
THURINGIA Chemnitz
(See pp186–201) Zwickau
Saalfeld
Suhl Annaberg-
Buchholz
The Zwinger in Dresden (see
pp178–9), Saxony’s glorious
palace and a Baroque jewel,
was immaculately restored to
its original glory after World
War II destruction.

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