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
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
See also List of castles in Berlin and Brandenburg List of sights of Potsdam Oranienburg Palace Paretz Palace Königs Wusterhausen Castle Rheinsberg Palace and Park
References
External links
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin UNESCO Official Website
Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation