Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin (German: Schlösser und Gärten von Potsdam und 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
- ^ "UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site". Blog: Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten. 12 December 1990. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
External links
- Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin UNESCO Official Website
- Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation
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- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
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- Fagus Factory in Alfeld
- Hedeby and the Danevirke Archaeological Border Complex
- St. Mary's Cathedral and St. Michael's Church at Hildesheim
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
- Hanseatic City of Lübeck
- Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
- Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus in Hamburg
- Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar
- Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau
- Dessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm
Dresden Elbe Valley(delisted in 2009)- Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region1
- Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg
- Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski2
- Naumburg Cathedral
- Collegiate Church, Castle, and Old Town of Quedlinburg
- Wartburg Castle
- Classical Weimar
- Aachen Cathedral
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
- Cologne Cathedral
- Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St. Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier
- Speyer Cathedral
- ShUM cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz
- Great Spa Towns of Europe8
- Völklingen Ironworks
- Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- Augsburg Water Management System
- Town of Bamberg
- Caves and Ice Age Art in the Swabian Jura
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Bavaria7
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire:3 Upper Germanic & Rhaetian Limes
- Maulbronn Monastery Complex
- Margravial Opera House
- Monastic Island of Reichenau
- Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps4
- Würzburg Residence with the Court Gardens and Residence Square
- 1 Shared with the Czech Republic
- 2 Shared with Poland
- 3 Shared with the United Kingdom
- 4 Shared with Austria, France, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland
- 5 Shared with Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine
- 6 Shared with the Netherlands and Denmark
- 7 Shared with Austria and Slovakia
- 8 Shared with France, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Italy, UK