Potsdam

This page is about the city in Germany. For the city in the United States, see Potsdam, New York. For the Potsdam Conference, see Potsdam Conference.

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Potsdam (Low Sorbian: Podstupim) is a small German city which is right next to Berlin. In fact it touches the border of Berlin, and is about 26 km southwest of Berlin's centre. It is the capital of the state of Brandenburg. Potsdam has a small population: about 176,000 people lived in this city in 2017.

On the other hand, it is the largest World Heritage site in Germany. Potsdam was a residence of the Prussian kings and the German Kaiser until 1918. It was planned in the Age of Enlightenment with a careful balance of architecture and landscape. Potsdam was intended as "a picturesque, pastoral dream" which would remind its people of their relationship with nature and reason.

Around the city there are a series of lakes and cultural landmarks. The parks and palaces of Sanssouci are the centre of the World Heritage Site. The Soviet Union did not return many of the Potsdam art treasures, and they remain to this day in Russia. The library of Frederick the Great was returned, but only 36 oil paintings.

The Potsdam Conference in 1945 was held at the palace Cecilienhof.

Potsdam Media

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  The Templiner See south of Potsdam

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  Document from the Holy Roman Empire in 993 mentioning Poztupimi

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  Ensemble of Sanssouci Neues Palais in Potsdam (Germany)

• Stadtschloss Potsdam Gemälde.jpg

  Stadtschloss Potsdam in 1773

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  Bond of Potsdam, issued 22 May 1852

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  Potsdam Conference in 1945 with Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman and Joseph Stalin

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  The Glienicke Bridge, used for exchanging spies during the Cold War

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  Der SG Fanfarenzug Potsdam beim Abschluss der Fanfaronade 2014 in Brandenburg/Havel