Germany
Brandenburg
Potsdam

Eight Corners

Acht Ecken is the name of a former architectural ensemble in , Germany. At the intersection of Schwertfegerstraße and Friedrich-Ebert-Straße, four identical baroque houses were built on the corner plots in 1771 by architect Carl von Gontard.
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Photo: 1rhb, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Apartment building
  • Description: buildings in Potsdam, Germany
  • Also known as: “Achteckenhaus”
  • Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Filmmuseum Potsdam and St. Nicholas Church, Potsdam.

Museum
Photo: Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 120 metres south of Eight Corners.

Church
Photo: Konstantindegeer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 180 metres east of Eight Corners.

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 290 metres southeast of Eight Corners.

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.

Eight Corners

Latitude
52.39622° or 52° 23′ 46″ north
Longitude
13.05834° or 13° 3′ 30″ east
Levels
3
Open location code
9F4M93W5+F8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28334030
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­apartments
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Wiki­data ID
Q340799
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Spanish—“Eight Corners” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Восем вуглоў, Патсдам”
  • Belarusian: “Восем вуглоў”
  • French: “Huit Angles (Potsdam)”
  • French: “Huit Angles”
  • German: “Acht Ecken”
  • German: “Acht-Ecken-Haus”
  • Russian: “Восемь Углов (Потсдам)”
  • Russian: “Восемь углов”
  • Russian: “Восемь Углов”
  • Spanish: “Acht Ecken”

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Highlights include Ratswaage and Neuer Markt.

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