Potsdam

:This article is about the German city of Potsdam. There is also Potsdam, New York in the United States of America.

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Potsdam is a city in eastern Germany of around 150,000 people, and the capital of the state of Brandenburg. It is situated on the Havel river, 26km south-west of Berlin. Its main train station serves as one of the termini of the Berlin S-Bahn metro system. The city also features a series of interconnected lakes.

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Potsdam was probably founded in the 10th century as a Slavic village called "Poztupimi", centred on a castle. It was first mentioned in 993, and by 1317 is mentioned as a small (by now German) town, gaining its town charter in 1345. In 1573 it was still a small market town (2000 inhabitants); the Thirty Years War (1618 - 1648) destroyed nearly half the town.

State: :This article discusses states as sovereign political entities. For other meanings, see state (disambiguation)....

Brandenburg: Surrounding but excluding the national capital Berlin, Brandenburg is one of Germany's sixteen Bundesl?nder (federal states)....

Havel: : For the Biblical Havel, see Abel....

Potsdam related Images and Photos (experimental)

View of Potsdam C. 1796	Hunting Lodge in Potsdam C.1735	View of Potsdam in the 17th Century 1851	The Post Office in Potsdam 1784
Fountain and Stairway of the Sanssouci Castle in Potsdam Brandenburg Germany