City Palace, Potsdam, Germany
N 52° 23.754 E 013° 03.437
33U E 367817 N 5806848
Quick Description: The last remains of Potsdam's oldest castle
Location: Brandenburg, Germany
Date Posted: 3/1/2009 3:13:53 PM
Waymark Code: WM5YC5
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Long Description:
Since 1751, the Potsdam City Palace was the official winter residence of the Prussian Kings, and, starting in 1871, the German Emperors (Kaiser), making it Potsdam's oldest castle. Unfortunately, there is not much left of it. The castle was severely damaged during a bombing raid at the end of World War II and was eventually demolished in 1959.
It was believed that nothing had survived the demolition but a number of people kept pieces of the rubble (mostly as trophies in their front yards). In 2007, city and state decided to rebuild the castle and appealed to the citizen to return surviving pieces. Amazingly, amongst the returned remains were almost all the pieces of one of the castles gates.
These pieces are now on display at the original site, to raise awareness and also to raise money for the reconstruction.
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Type: Remnant
Fee: no
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Den ganzen Tag über. Die Tore sehen nicht aus, als würden sie verschlossen.
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Visit Instructions:
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