Berlin Gate (Potsdam)
The Berliner Tor was a baroque city gate of the city of Potsdam on Berliner Strasse at the height of today's Türkstrasse, named after Wilhelm von Türk . The gate was built in 1752 on the orders of Frederick the Great by Jan Bouman based on the example of the ancient arch of the Sergians in today's Pula . The attic was decorated with four statues by Johann Gottlieb Heymüller and showed two legionnaires as well as the gods Minerva and Bellona . On both sides there were two gatehouses for a military guard and a tax inspector.
The gate was moved a few meters in 1901 to accommodate the increasing traffic. The building was damaged in World War II . The intact archway was demolished in 1951 by the Potsdam city administration as a traffic obstacle. Since then there is only a small round arch from the right wing of the original gate - seen out of town - and the original parapet figures have been preserved in the castle foundation's depot .
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- ↑ Hans Berg: The lost center of Potsdam. Berlin 1999, p. 47.
- ↑ Thomas Wernicke u. a. (Ed.): Potsdam Lexicon. Berlin 2010, p. 108.
Coordinates: 52 ° 23 '58.7 " N , 13 ° 4' 2.5" E