Potsdamer Platz East-Berlin

Potsdamer Platz is a public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about 1 km south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag, and close to the southeast corner of the Tiergarten park. It is named after the city of Potsdam, some 25 km to the south west, and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through th…
Potsdamer Platz is a public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about 1 km south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag, and close to the southeast corner of the Tiergarten park. It is named after the city of Potsdam, some 25 km to the south west, and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through the city wall of Berlin at the Potsdam Gate. Initially, the open area near the city gate was used for military drills and parades. In the 19th into the 20th century, it developed from an intersection of suburban thoroughfares into the most bustling traffic intersection in Europe. The area was totally destroyed during World War II and then left desolate during the Cold War era when the Berlin Wall bisected its location. Since German reunification, Potsdamer Platz has been the site of major redevelopment projects.
  • Location: Berlin, Germany
  • Former name(s): Platz vor dem Potsdamer Thor · (after 1735–1831)
  • Part of: Bundesstraße 1
  • Namesake: Potsdam Gate
  • Quarter: Tiergarten, Mitte
  • Nearest metro station: Potsdamer Platz
  • Major junctions: Ebertstraße · Auguste-Hauschner-Straße · Bellevuestraße · Potsdamer Straße · Alte Potsdamer Straße · Linkstraße · Gabriele-Tergit-Promenade · Stresemannstraße · Erna-Berger-Straße · Leipziger Platz · Leipziger Straße

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