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City Palace

The Potsdam City Palace is a building in , , located on the Old Market Square, next to the St. Nicholas' Church. It was the second official residence of the margraves and electors of Brandenburg, later kings in Prussia, kings of Prussia and German emperors.
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Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: building in Potsdam, Germany, former residence of the Prussian kings, seat of the Brandenburg Landtag
  • Also known as: “City Palace, Potsdam” and “Potsdam City Palace”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum Barberini and Fortunaportal.

Museum
Photo: Mehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an art museum in the reconstructed Palast Barberini in , which opened in 2017. Its exhibitions range from the so-called Old Masters to contemporary art, with an emphasis on impressionist painting. is situated 120 metres east of City Palace.

Photo: Orderinchaos, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
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St. Nicholas Church in Potsdam is a Lutheran church under the Evangelical Church in Berlin, Brandenburg and Silesian Upper Lusatia of the Evangelical Church in Germany on the Old Market Square in . is situated 120 metres north of City Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dutch Quarter and Zentrum Ost.

Locality
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The is a neighborhood in , Germany, consisting of 134 red Dutch brick buildings, almost all of which have been renovated. It was built from 1733 to 1740 and designed by Jan Bouman following the order of Frederick William I of Prussia, who invited talented Dutch craftsmen to settle there.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

City Palace

Latitude
52.39522° or 52° 23′ 43″ north
Longitude
13.06048° or 13° 3′ 38″ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
9F4M93W6+35
Geo­Names ID
11153882
Wiki­data ID
Q527260
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“City Palace” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պոտսդամի քաղաքային պալատ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Potsdam Şəhər Sarayı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şəhər Sarayı”
  • Belarusian: “Гарадзкі палац”
  • Belarusian: “Гарадскі палац, Патсдам”
  • Belarusian: “Гарадскі палац”
  • Belarusian: “Мескі палац”
  • Bulgarian: “Градски дворец (Потсдам)”
  • Bulgarian: “Градски дворец”
  • Chinese: “波茨坦城市宮”
  • Danish: “Potsdamer Stadtschloss”
  • Dutch: “Potsdamer Stadtschloss”
  • Dutch: “Potsdamer Stadtschloß”
  • Dutch: “Stadtschloss Potsdam”
  • Dutch: “Stadtschloß Potsdam”
  • Finnish: “Potsdamin kaupunkipalatsi”
  • French: “château de Potsdam”
  • French: “Château de Potsdam”
  • German: “Potsdam, Stadtschloss”
  • German: “Stadtschloss Potsdam”
  • German: “Potsdamer Stadtschloss” (historical)
  • Greek: “Παλάτι της πόλης του Πότσνταμ”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון פוטסדאם”
  • Italian: “Stadtschloss”
  • Japanese: “ポツダム市宮殿”
  • Japanese: “ポツダム市街宮殿”
  • Macedonian: “Градски дворец”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Potsdamer Stadtschloss”
  • Persian: “کاخ شهر پوتسدام”
  • Persian: “کاخ‌شهر پوتسدام”
  • Polish: “Pałac miejski w Poczdamie”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio da cidade de Potsdam”
  • Russian: “Городской дворец в Потсдаме”
  • Russian: “Городской дворец”
  • Russian: “Потсдамский городской дворец”
  • Slovenian: “Mestna palača, Potsdam”
  • Slovenian: “Potsdamski mestni dvorec”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de la Ciudad de Potsdam”
  • Swedish: “Potsdams stadsslott”
  • Ukrainian: “Потсдамський міський палац”

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