Buildings and structures in Potsdam

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 is similarly 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

university in the German city of Potsdam

World Heritage site in Germany

Cecilienhof Palace () is a palace in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany, built from 1914 to 1917 in the layout of an English Tudor manor house. Cecilienhof was the last palace built by the House of Hohenzollern that ruled the Kingdom of Prussia and the German Empire, until the end of World War I. It is famous for having been the location of the Potsdam Conference in 1945, in which the leaders of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States made important decisions affecting the shape of post-World War II Europe and Asia. Cecilienhof has been part of the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam an

astrophysical observatory in Potsdam, Germany

film studio

bridge over the Havel river near Potsdam

Palace in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Palace in the Sanssouci Park of Potsdam, Germany

palace in Potsdam, Germany

The Marmorpalais (or Marble Palace) is a former royal residence in Potsdam, near Berlin in Germany, built on the grounds of the extensive Neuer Garten on the shores of the Heiliger See. The palace was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia and designed in the early Neoclassical style by the architects Carl von Gontard and Carl Gotthard Langhans. Despite the name, brick is the main material. The palace remained in use by the Hohenzollern family until the early 20th century. It served as a military museum under communist rule, but has since been restored and is once again open to t

central railway station in Potsdam, Germany

landmark in Germany

research facility for astrophysics

World Heritage Site in Germany

mausoleum in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany

art museum in Sanssouci, Potsdam

temple in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany

building in Sanssouci Park in Potsdam

human settlement in Germany

railway station in Potsdam, Germany

The Karl-Liebknecht-Stadion is a football stadium in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany. It is the home stadium of 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam and SV Babelsberg 03. The stadium has a capacity of 10,787 for 8,784 standing and 2,003 seated guests. Named in honor of Karl Liebknecht, the Communist Party of Germany leader who was assassinated by a Freikorps in January 1919.

railway station in Potsdam, Germany

pagoda and Restaurant in Potsdam, Germany

North-east of Charlottenhof Palace in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam

Sanssouci

building in Potsdam, Germany

buildings in Potsdam, Germany

Guest palace and museum in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam

East entrance gate to Sanssouci

German information technology university college, affiliated to the University of Potsdam

railway station in Potsdam, Germany

research institute in Germany

railway stop in Potsdam, Germany

railway station in Potsdam, Germany

theatre in Potsdam

building in Germany

building in Germany

railway station in Potsdam, Germany

thumb|300px|Norman Tower, Theatre Wall and tank The Ruinenberg is a hill in the Bornstedt borough of Potsdam, located north of Sanssouci Park. In 1748, the Prussian king Frederick the Great had a water tank with a capacity of around built on top to supply the Sanssouci water features, and had it decorated with artificial ruins. From 1841 a surrounding landscape garden was laid out at the behest of King Frederick William IV of Prussia, according to plans designed by Peter Joseph Lenné.

German university

construction built between 1730 and 1732 in Potdsam

railway station in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

manor in Potsdam, Brandenburg state, Germany

building in Potsdam, Germany

building in Potsdam, Germany