Potsdam is a diverse cultural hub with a 1,000-year history as a royal capital and State capital near Berlin. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site characterized by monuments, palaces, and modern architecture.
====================================================================(on the Havel River southwest of central Berlin, in Germany) Potsdam,the capital and crown jewel of the state of Brandenburg, is easily reached by S-Bahn; the former Prussian royal seat is the most popular day trip from Berlin, luring visitors with its splendid gardens and palaces, which garnered UNESCO World Heritage status in 1990.
+ Potsdam, a part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of Berlin, and lies embedded in a hilly morainic landscape dotted with many lakes, around 20 of which are located within Potsdam's city limits. It lies some 25 kilometers (16 miles) southwest of Berlin's city center. (The name of the city and of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin.) Potsdam was a residence of the Prussian kings and the German Emperor until 1918. Its planning embodied ideas of the Age of Enlightenment: through a 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, which is over 1,000 years old, is widely known for its palaces, its lakes, and its overall historical and cultural significance. Landmarks include the parks and palaces of Sanssouci, Germany's largest World Heritage Site, as well as other palaces such as the Orangery Palace, the New Palace, Cecilienhof Palace, and Charlottenhof Palace. Potsdam was also the location of the significant Potsdam Conference in 1945, the conference where the three heads of government of the USSR, the US, and the UK decided on the division of Germany following its surrender,which defined Germany's history for the following 45 years.
+ 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 (in November, 1089. (The Filmstudio Babelsberg, founded in 1912, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world.) Potsdam developed into a center 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.) Potsdam is divided into seven historic city Stadtteile (quarters) and nine new Ortsteile (suburbs/wards, former separate villages), which joined the city in 2003. The appearance of the city boroughs is quite different. Those in the north and in the centeer consist mainly of historical buildings, the south of the city is dominated by larger areas of newer buildings. The city of Potsdam is divided into 32 Stadtteile (boroughs, both quarters and suburbs/wards together),that are divided further into 84 statistical Bezirke (districts).
+ Potsdam, a part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of Berlin, and lies embedded in a hilly morainic landscape dotted with many lakes, around 20 of which are located within Potsdam's city limits. It lies some 25 kilometers (16 miles) southwest of Berlin's city center. (The name of the city and of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin.) Potsdam was a residence of the Prussian kings and the German Emperor until 1918. Its planning embodied ideas of the Age of Enlightenment: through a 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, which is over 1,000 years old, is widely known for its palaces, its lakes, and its overall historical and cultural significance. Landmarks include the parks and palaces of Sanssouci, Germany's largest World Heritage Site, as well as other palaces such as the Orangery Palace, the New Palace, Cecilienhof Palace, and Charlottenhof Palace. Potsdam was also the location of the significant Potsdam Conference in 1945, the conference where the three heads of government of the USSR, the US, and the UK decided on the division of Germany following its surrender,which defined Germany's history for the following 45 years.
+ 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 (in November, 1089. (The Filmstudio Babelsberg, founded in 1912, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world.) Potsdam developed into a center 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.) Potsdam is divided into seven historic city Stadtteile (quarters) and nine new Ortsteile (suburbs/wards, former separate villages), which joined the city in 2003. The appearance of the city boroughs is quite different. Those in the north and in the centeer consist mainly of historical buildings, the south of the city is dominated by larger areas of newer buildings. The city of Potsdam is divided into 32 Stadtteile (boroughs, both quarters and suburbs/wards together),that are divided further into 84 statistical Bezirke (districts).
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