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Potsdam

Potsdam is the capital of and borders . The town has a population of about 190,000. It is widely known for its palaces and landscape as a World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: City with 178,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of the German state of Brandenburg
  • Also known as: “Imperial City of Potsdam” and “Poztupimi”
  • Postal code: 14476
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sanssouci Palace and Einstein Tower.

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sanssouci is a historical building in Potsdam, near . Built by Prussian King Frederick the Great as his summer palace, it is often counted among the German rivals of .

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The is an astrophysical in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, . The Tower was built by architect Erich Mendelsohn in 1924.

Photo: DrTorstenHenning, Public domain.
The is a bridge across the in , connecting the district of with the capital, Potsdam. It is named after nearby .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bornstedt and Zentrum Ost.

Suburb
Photo: Jwaller, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a borough of Potsdam, . Located north of and the Orangery Palace, it is known for the , former residence of Princess Royal Victoria, and the Cemetery with numerous tombs of famous personages.

Neighborhood
Photo: Molgreen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood.

Suburb
Photo: Avda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Potsdam

Latitude
52.4009° or 52° 24′ 3″ north
Longitude
13.0591° or 13° 3′ 33″ east
Population
178,000
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DE POT
Open location code
9F4MC325+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1695218178
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2852458
Wiki­data ID
Q1711
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Potsdam” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Potsdam”
  • Albanian: “Pocdami”
  • Albanian: “Potsdami”
  • Amharic: “ፖትስዳም”
  • Arabic: “بوتسدام”
  • Aragonese: “Potsdam”
  • Armenian: “Պոտսդամ”
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  • Cebuano: “Kreisfreie Stadt Potsdam”
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  • Chinese: “波茨坦”
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  • Russian: “Постдам (город)”
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  • Sinhala: “පෝට්ස්ඩෑම්”
  • Slovak: “Postupim”
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  • South Azerbaijani: “پوتسدام”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad imperial de Postdam”
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  • Tatar: “Потсдам”
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  • Upper Sorbian: “Podstupim”
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