Garrison Church

The Garrison Church was a church in the historic centre of . Built by order of King Frederick William I of Prussia according to plans by Philipp Gerlach from 1730 to 1735, it was considered as a major work of Prussian Baroque architecture.
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  • Email: fwg@garnisonkirche-potsdam.de
  • Type: Church
  • Description: church building in Potsdam, Germany
  • Also known as: “Garrison Church, Potsdam”
  • Address: Breite Straße 7, Potsdam, 14467

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Great Military Orphanage and Casino Potsdam.

Public building
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The was a school and training institution for the children and orphans of dead, killed or impoverished soldiers and aged between 6 and 17 in . is situated 210 metres northwest of Garrison Church.

Casino
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is situated 190 metres southeast of Garrison Church.

Museum
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is situated 200 metres east of Garrison Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dutch Quarter and Brandenburger Vorstadt.

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.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Locality
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The Russian colony of is located north of downtown . It was built in 1826-1827 by King Frederick William III of Prussia for the last twelve Russian singers in a choir that had previously 62 members.

Garrison Church

Latitude
52.39551° or 52° 23′ 44″ north
Longitude
13.05384° or 13° 3′ 14″ east
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
9F4M93W3+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1015389740
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Wiki­data ID
Q314088
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Garrison Church” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Qarnizon kilsəsi (Potsdam)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qarnizon kilsəsi”
  • Bulgarian: “Гарнизонна църква”
  • Catalan: “església de la Guarnició de Potsdam”
  • Chinese: “波茨坦格列森教堂”
  • Chinese: “波茲坦加里森教堂”
  • Chinese: “駐軍教堂”
  • Chinese: “驻军教堂”
  • Danish: “Garnisonkirche”
  • Dutch: “Garnisonkirche”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه جاريسون”
  • Esperanto: “Garnizonkirko”
  • French: “église de la garnison de Potsdam”
  • French: “Église de la Garnison de Potsdam”
  • German: “Garnisonkirche”
  • German: “Potsdamer Garnisonkirche”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית גריסון”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Garnisun”
  • Italian: “chiesa della guarnigione e della corte”
  • Italian: “Chiesa della guarnigione e della corte”
  • Japanese: “守備隊教会”
  • Japanese: “衛戍教会”
  • Macedonian: “Гернизонска црква”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Garnisonskirken”
  • Russian: “Гарнизонкирхе”
  • Russian: “гарнизонная церковь”
  • Russian: “Гарнизонная церковь”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eaglais a‘ Ghearastain, Potsdam”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de la Guarnición”
  • Swedish: “Garnisonkirche, Potsdam”

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