Plantation (Potsdam)

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The plantation is next to the William place and the Bassinplatz one of the oldest places in Potsdam . Created under the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm , it was bordered by the city ​​canal in the north and west, the Long Stable in the east and the garrison church in the south. In the middle of the plantation there was a statue of Frederick II until 1950 .

history

The plantation takes its name from the mulberry trees that were planted here for silkworm breeding in the early 18th century . At the end of the 18th century it gave way to a parade ground with a central gravel surface and framed linden trees. In 1850, Peter Joseph Lenné redesigned the plantation into a green area with a lawn and crossroads. In 1901 a statue of Frederick II by Joseph Uphues was erected in the center. It was a bronze copy of the marble original on Berliner Siegesallee , which is now on display in the Spandau Citadel . A marble copy of this memorial is in the Marly Gardens of Sanssouci , and another bronze copy is on the grounds of the United States Army War College in Carlisle , Pennsylvania.

After the Friedrichdenkmal was melted down in 1950 and the garrison church was blown up in 1968 by the SED regime , the plantation was partially built over with a data center. Since 2018, the ailing data center has been gradually torn down and the former green space restored. A 20,000 m² creative quarter will be built on the adjoining site to the east by 2025 .

  • View from the Nikolaikirche to the plantation (right center)

  • Plantation with the long stable (left) and the garrison church (right), before 1945

  • Friedrichdenkmal, behind it the garrison church, before 1945

  • Detail of the Friedrichdenkmal, before 1945

  • City canal at the plantation, before 1945

  • Audit office at the plantation, before 1945

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  1. ↑ https://glockenweiss.de/kreativquartier-village/