Old Market Square, Potsdam
The Old Market Square is a centrally located square in downtown Potsdam which forms the historical centre of the city. The square consists of the area around St. Nicholas' Church. Today the term refers in particular to the area directly in front of the church. It is bordered by several prestigious historical buildings. The square has been the site of much architectural reconstruction work in recent years which has restored much historic building fabric that was lost in World War Two.
Old Market Square (March 2016)
Old Market Square (2005, before the reconstruction of the City Palace)
Carl Christian Wilhelm Baron — Alter Markt in Potsdam (1772)
1837: View from the south (St. Nicholas' Church does not yet have its dome)
Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of Berlin, and lies embedded in a hilly morainic landscape dotted with many lakes, around 20 of which are located within Potsdam's city limits. It lies some 25 kilometres southwest of Berlin's city centre. The name of the city and of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin.
Image: 2018 08 10 DE Potsdam, Havel, Potsdamer Stadtschloss, Charlottenhof 05609390 (49952695592)
Image: Alte Rathaus Potsdam November 2013
Image: Brandenburg Gate in Potsdam
Image: Potsdam Neues Palais 1717
