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7 Potsdam + Marmorpalais P Neuer Landtag the Palace Barberini. It houses the VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Am Neuen Garten. Tel (0331) 969 42 Alter Markt 1. Tel (0331) 966 1253/ art collection of philanthropist
An independent city close to Berlin, Potsdam, with over 46. @ 603. Open Apr: 10am–6pm Sat 1255. & . Open 8am–6pm Mon–Fri; Hasso Plattner, who also financed Practical Information
150,000 inhabitants, is also the capital of Brandenburg. & Sun; May–Oct: 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. courtyard: 8am–8pm daily. the renovation. Road map E3. n Humboldt-
∑ landtag.brandenburg.de
The first documented reference to Potsdam dates back to This small palace on the edge of R Nikolaikirche straße 1–3 & Luisenplatz 3.
Tel (0331) 27 55 88 99. Fax (0331)
AD 993; it was later granted municipal rights in 1317. The the lake is a beautiful example of Replicating the old city palace Alter Markt. Tel (0331) 270 86 02. 27 55 829. Musik festspiele (Jun);
with its Knobelsdorff staircase, the
early Neo­Classical architecture
town blossomed during the times of the Great Electors and and its name comes from the new Brandenburg Parliament Open Apr–Oct: 9am– 7pm daily; Schlößer nacht (“Night of Palaces”,
then again in the 18th century. Potsdam suffered very badly Silesian marble used on its building opened in 2014. The Nov–Mar: 9am–5pm daily. Aug). ∑ potsdamtourismus.de
during World War II, particularly on the night of 14–15 April façade. The main part of it was courtyard, foyer and restaurant This imposing Neo-Classical Transport
1945 when Allied planes bombed the town centre. built in 1787–1791 by Carl von are open to the public. church was designed during £ Lange Brücke.
Gontard to a design and under 1828–30 by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
the direction of Carl Gotthard E Museum Barberini and the building work was
Langhans, on the initiative of Alter Markt, Humboldtstraße 5–6. Tel supervised by Ludwig Persius. globe. It was built in 1753 to a
King Friedrich Wilhelm II. (0331) 23 60 14 499. & Open design by Johann Boumann the
11am–7pm Mon & Wed–Sun. Closed P Marstall Elder and rebuilt under East
P Alexandrowka Tue. ∑ museum-barberini.de Breitestraße 1a. Tel (0331) 271 81 12. German authorities. It is currently
Russische Kolonie Allee/Puschkinallee. This private art museum opened & @ 606. v 91, 92, 96. Open used as a city museum..
v 92, 96. @ 638. its doors to the public in 2017 and 10am–6pm Tue–Sun.
∑ alexandrowka.de looks much like its predecessor, ∑ filmmuseum-potsdam.de
A visit to Alexandrowka takes This long Baroque pavilion, once
the visitor into the world of used as royal stables, is the only
Pushkin’s fairy tales. Wooden remaining building of a royal
log cabins with intricate residence. Today it houses a film
carvings, set in their own museum devoted to the nearby
gardens, create a charming Bablsberg Film Studio. A cinema
residential estate. They were offers several screenings per day.
constructed in 1826 under
the direction of the German E Altes Rathaus (Potsdam
architect Snethlage, for Museum)
12 singers of a Russian choir Am Alten Markt 9. Tel (0331) 289 68
that was established in 1812. 68. Open 10am–5pm Tue, Wed & Fri,
10am–7pm Thu, 10am–6pm Sat & Sun.
P Holländisches Viertel The roof tower of the old town
Friedrich­Ebert­Straße, Kurfürsten­ The Nikolaikirche, with its dome resting hall features a 4-m (13-ft) high Caravaggio’s Doubting Thomas, on show in
straße, Hebbelstraße, Gutenbergstraße on a colonnaded wall gilded figure of Atlas carrying a the Bildergalerie
@ 603, 638. v 92, 96.
A stroll through these four blocks,
A sculpture on display in Park Sanssouci lined with coffee houses and Potsdam
restaurants, is a cosy affair. The 1 Cecilienhof 7 Museum Barberini 0 metres 750 Cecilienhof
Sightseeing in Potsdam (see p143). Built between 1913 134 gabled red­brick houses with 2 Marmorpalais 8 Nikolaikirche 0 yards 750
Potsdam is one of Germany’s and 1917, the palace is the most shuttered windows were built in 3 Alexandrowka 9 Marstall Neuer
most attractive towns. Tourists recent of all Hohenzol lern 1733–1742 by Friedrich Wilhelm I 4 Holländisches Viertel 0 Altes Rathaus Alexandrowka AM NE UEN GARTEN Garten
flock to see the magnificent royal dynasty buildings. Designed by for Dutch settlers. 5 Alter Markt
summer residence, Schloß Paul Schultze­Naumburg in the 6 Neur Landtag GEORG HER-
Sanssouci, to stroll around Neuer style of an English country P Alter Markt MANN ALLEE Marmorpalais
Garten (new garden) with its manor, it is a sprawling, For decades after World War II the P A P P E L A L L E E
Marmorpalais (marble palace) asymmetrical, timber­frame town centre was an inhospitable Heiliger
See
and Cecilienhof, to visit the old building with inner courtyards. traffic junction. Now renovated, it EICHEN ALLEE RIBBE CKSTR. BORNSTENDTER STRASSE
city centre and the Russian colony The palace remained a features fine reproductions of VOLTAIREWEG JÄGERALLEE AM SCHRAGEN FRIEDRICH-EBER T-STR. A M NEUEN GAR TEN
of Alexandrowka, to be enter­ residence of the Hohenzollern legendary buildings. Orangerie
tained in the film studios of family after they had Schloss G.-MENDEL-STR. KURFÜRSTENSTR.
Babelsberg and to stroll around lost the crown – staying AM NEUEN PAL A I S Neues MAULBEERALLEE Sansoucci WEINBERGSTR.
Palais
the parks of Schloß Babelsberg. here until 1945. Today it Park HAUPTALLEE SC HOPENHAUERSTR. HEGELALLEE Holländisches BERLINER STRASSE
Viertel
is a hotel, where visitors Sanssouci BRANDENBURGER STR. Humboldt-
brücke
+ Cecilienhof can soak up the history Communs LINDENAVENUE Chinesisches Friedenskirche CHARLOTTENSTRASSE
Teehaus
Am Neuen Garten. Tel (0331) 969 42 44. and relax amid green Römische Museum AM KANAL
@ 603. Open Apr–Oct: 10am–6pm shrubs. The large, Bäder DORTUSTR. Barberini Nikolaikirche
Tue–Sun; Nov–Mar: 10am–5pm scenic park remains Schloss BREITE STRASSE Marstall Altes Filmpark
Rathaus
Charlottenhof
Tue–Sun. open to the public GESCHWISTER-SCHOLL-STRASSE Z E P P E L I N S T R A S S E Bildergalerie Babelsberg
Lange
The Cecilienhof played a brief even when the rooms Park brücke Alter Markt
but important role in history, used during the Sanssouci Charlottenhof Templiner See
Potsdam
when it served as the venue for Potsdam Conference The Baroque Dutch district known as Hauptbahnhof
the 1945 Potsdam Conference are closed to visitors. Holländisches Viertel
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp493 and pp512–13 For additional map symbols see back flap
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