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Germany |
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Language(s) | German |
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Currency | Euro (€) |
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Phone Code | +49 |
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Population | 82,398,000 |
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Area | 357,021 sq km |
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Capital | Berlin |
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GDP | $3.26 trillion |
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Germany |
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Language(s) | German |
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Currency | Euro (€) |
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Phone Code | +49 |
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Population | 82,398,000 |
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Area | 357,021 sq km |
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Capital | Berlin |
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GDP | $3.26 trillion |
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Rheinsberg Potsdam, Brandenburg 033931-7260 http://www.spsg.de. |
Sightseeing Cost: €$5 |
Frederick the Great spent four years here before being crowned King of Prussia in 1740. The Schloss was adapted for the crown prince’s use and the interior has excellent examples of early Frederican Rococo as well as early Classical elements. Rheinsberg Park was laid out by Frederick in a late Baroque style, but his brother Heinrich, who lived here from 1752 until his death in 1802, expanded the garden and modeled it as one of the first sentimental landscape gardens in Germany.
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Schloss Sanssouci Potsdam, Brandenburg 0331-969-4250 |
Sightseeing Cost: €$5 |
Schloss Babelsberg was built as a summer residence for Crown Prince Wilhelm, later King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany. His favored residence, used for more than 50 years, it is built in the style of an English castle and country house. The interior is Neo-Gothic, as was favored during the mid-19th century in Germany.
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Schloss Sanssouci Potsdam, Brandenburg 0331-969-4244 |
Sightseeing Cost: €$8 |
Schloss Cecilienhof, was built during the First World War for the last German Crown Prince Wilhelm and his wife Cecilie. However, the palace, in the style of an English country house, is most famous as the site of the historic Potsdam conference where Harry Truman, Winston Churchill (soon to be replaced by Clement Atlee), and Josef Stalin decided the fate of Germany at the end of World War II.
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Schloss Sanssouci Potsdam, Brandenburg 0331-969-4228 |
Sightseeing Cost: €$7 |
Schloss Charlottenhof was built between 1826 and 1829 as a residence for Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm. The interiors are original and the garden is famous for its roses. Admission is Euro 4, which includes the obligatory tour in German.
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Schlossplatz 2 Potsdam, Brandenburg 03301-537-437 |
Sightseeing Cost: €$5 |
Also in town is Schloss Oranienburg the oldest Baroque palace in Brandenburg. It was built for Louise-Henriette of Orange, the Dutch-born first wife of the Great Elector, in 1651. It became the
favored residence of Elector Frederick III (later Frederick I, King of Prussia. During the 19th and 20th centuries, it saw duty as a residence, factory, conference center, and military camp.
