Flatow Tower
Flatow Tower is a scenic viewpoint in Potsdam, Brandenburg. Flatow Tower is situated nearby to the residential building Matrosenhaus, as well as near the bridge Bismarckbrücke Park Babelsberg.Photo: Raymond, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Rainer Halama, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
May 1st—October 31st: public holidays and Saturday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:30 PM
November 1st—April 30th: closed - Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: observation tower in Potsdam-Babelsberg
- Also known as: “Flatowturm”
- Address: 12, Park Babelsberg, Babelsberg Nord, Potsdam, 14482
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Babelsberg Park and Babelsberg Palace.
Babelsberg Park
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Babelsberg Park is a 114 hectare park in the northeast of the city of Potsdam, bordering on the Tiefen See lake on the River Havel. The park was first designed by the landscape artist Peter Joseph Lenné and, after him, by Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau and Karl Friedrich Schinkel, by order of the then-prince William I and his wife, Augusta. Babelsberg Park is situated 220 metres east of Flatow Tower.
Babelsberg Palace
Photo: PodracerHH, CC BY 3.0.
Babelsberg Palace lies in the eponymous park and quarter of Potsdam, the capital of the German state of Brandenburg, near Berlin. For over 50 years it was the summer residence of Prince William, later German Emperor William I and King of Prussia and his wife, Augusta of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empress and Queen of Prussia. Babelsberg Palace is situated 670 metres northeast of Flatow Tower.
Gerichtslaube
Photo: Steffen Zahn, CC BY 2.0.
Gerichtslaube is situated 210 metres north of Flatow Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zentrum Ost and Dutch Quarter.
Dutch Quarter
Locality
Photo: Liglioto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Dutch Quarter is a neighborhood in Potsdam, 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.
Flatow Tower
- Categories: observation tower, castle, building, tourism, historic site, and residential building
- Location: Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.40314° or 52° 24′ 11″ northLongitude
13.08659° or 13° 5′ 12″ eastInception
1856Levels
5Operator
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-BrandenburgOpen location code
9F4MC33P+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 180376359OpenStreetMap feature
building=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q64978208
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In Other Languages
“Flatow Tower” goes by many names.
- German: “Flatowturm”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Matrosenhaus and Bismarckbrücke Park Babelsberg.
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