Potsdam – DE404

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From Wikipedia: Potsdam (German pronunciation: [ˈpɔt͡sdam] (listen)) is the capital and largest city of the German federal state of Brandenburg. It directly borders the German capital, Berlin, and is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel some 25 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of Berlin's city centre.

Potsdam was a residence of the Prussian kings and the German Kaiser until 1918. Its planning embodied ideas of the Age of Enlightenment: through a careful balance of architecture and landscape, Potsdam was intended as „a picturesque, pastoral dream" which would remind its residents of their relationship with nature and reason.

The city lies in area of interconnected lakes and is distinguished by a series of cultural landmarks, in particular the parks and palaces of Sanssouci, the largest World Heritage Site in Germany. The Potsdam Conference in 1945 was held at Cecilienhof Palace.

Babelsberg, in the south-eastern part of Potsdam, was already by the 1930s the home of a major film production studio and it has enjoyed success as an important center of European film production since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Filmstudio Babelsberg is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world.

Potsdam developed into a centre of science in Germany in the 19th century. Today, there are three public colleges, the University of Potsdam, and more than 30 research institutes in the city.

Other: Brandenburg, Oberspreewald-Lausitz District, Prignitz District, Potsdam, Märkisch-Oderland District, Potsdam-Mittelmark District, Teltow-Fläming District, Uckermark District, Elbe-Elster District, Spree-Neiße District, Frankfurt (Oder), Havelland District, Oder-Spree District, Barnim District, Brandenburg an der Havel, Ostprignitz-Ruppin District, Dahme-Spreewald District, Cottbus, Oberhavel District

Neighbours: Potsdam-Mittelmark District, Havelland District, Berlin

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Potsdam – DE404, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/​en/projects/eu-regions/DE404