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Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin

Field	Value
WHS	Palaces and Parks of
Potsdam and Berlin
image	Karte Schlösser und Parks in Potsdam.png
image_upright	1.2
caption	Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Location	Potsdam and Berlin, Germany
Coordinates
Area	2,064 ha
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, iv
ID	532
Year	1990
Extension	1992, 1999
locmapin	Germany#Brandenburg

Potsdam and Berlin Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin () are a group of palace complexes and extended landscaped gardens located in the Havelland region around Potsdam and the German capital of Berlin. The term was used upon the designation of the cultural ensemble as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1990. It was recognized for the historic unity of its landscape—a unique example of landscape design against the background of monarchic ideas of the Prussian state and common efforts of emancipation.

Extent

Initially, the world heritage site encompassed 500 hectares, covering 150 construction projects, which spanned the years from 1730 to 1916. Until the Peaceful Revolution of 1989, these areas were separated by the Berlin Wall, running between Potsdam and West Berlin, and several historic sites were destroyed by 'death strip' border fortifications.

Two stages of extension to the World Heritage Site, in 1992, and 1999 led to the incorporation of a larger area. The Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, which administers the site, puts the area at 2,064 hectares.

1990 designation

Aspect of [[Glienicke Palace]] from Babelsberg, Carl Daniel Freydank, around 1838

Palace and Park of Sanssouci, Potsdam
Neuer Garten (New Garden), Marmorpalais (Marble Palace), and Schloss Cecilienhof, northeast of Sanssouci, Potsdam
Park Babelsberg and Schloss Babelsberg, Potsdam
Schloss Glienicke and Park Klein-Glienicke, Berlin
Nikolskoe log house, Berlin
Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island), Berlin
Böttcherberg (Mount Böttcher), Berlin
Jagdschloß Glienicke (Glienicke hunting lodge), Berlin

1992 extension

Heilandskirche (Church of the Redeemer), Sacrow (Potsdam)
Palace and Park of Sacrow, Potsdam

1999 extension

Lindenallee, Potsdam
Königliche Gärtnerlehranstalt (former gardeners' school) and the Kaiserbahnhof, Potsdam
Palace and Park of Lindstedt, Potsdam
Village of Bornstedt, church, cemetery and landscape north of Park Sanssouci, Potsdam
The Seekoppel (landscape area west of Ruinenberg (Mount of Ruins)), Potsdam
Voltaireweg (greenbelt and road between Park Sanssouci and Neuer Garten), Potsdam
Entrance area of Park Sanssouci, Potsdam
Alexandrowka log houses ("Russian colony"), Potsdam
The Pfingstberg and Belvedere auf dem Pfingstberg, Potsdam
An area between Pfingstberg and Neuer Garten, Potsdam
Southern shore of the Jungfernsee, Potsdam
Königswald (King's Forest, forests surrounding Palace and Park of Sacrow), Potsdam
Approaches to Babelsberg Park, Potsdam
Observatory in Babelsberg, Potsdam

References

(12 December 1990). "UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site".

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