Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
| Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin | |
|---|---|
| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
 | |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | i, ii, iv |
| Reference | 532 |
| UNESCO region | Europe |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1990 (14th Session) |
| Extensions | 1992; 1999 |
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin are a group of palace complexes and landscaped gardens found in 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.
Initially, the site encompassed 500 hectares, covering 150 construction projects, which spanned the years from 1730 to 1916. Two stages of extension to the World Heritage Site, in 1992 and 1999 led to the incorporation of a larger area. The Stiftung preußische Schlößer und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, which administers the site, puts the area at 2,064 hectare.
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 Volkspark 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