Villa van Merlen

Villa van Merlen is a house in Potsdam, Brandenburg, which is located on Küsselstraße. Villa van Merlen is situated near the marina Motorbootclub Potsdam, as well as near Sportgemeinschaft Segeln Potsdam.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sanssouci and Einstein Tower.

Sanssouci

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Schloss Sanssouci is a historical building in Potsdam, near Berlin. Built by Prussian King Frederick the Great as his summer palace, it is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. Sanssouci is situated 2 km north of Villa van Merlen.

Einstein Tower

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

The Einstein Tower is an astrophysical observatory in the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam, Germany. The Tower was built by architect Erich Mendelsohn in 1924. Einstein Tower is situated 1½ km southeast of Villa van Merlen.

Brandenburg Gate

Photo: ArildV, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Potsdam Gate on the Luisenplatz in Potsdam, was built in 1770–71 by Carl von Gontard and Georg Christian Unger by order of Frederick II of Prussia, to celebrate his several victories in the Seven Years' War. Brandenburg Gate is situated 1¼ km north of Villa van Merlen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brandenburger Vorstadt and Dutch Quarter.

Brandenburger Vorstadt

Suburb

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Brandenburger Vorstadt is a suburb.

Dutch Quarter

Locality

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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.