New Palais, Potsdam, Germany
N 52° 24.070 E 013° 00.940
33U E 365002 N 5807511
One of Germany's largest baroque palaces
Waymark Code: WM2CVY
Location: Brandenburg, Germany
Date Posted: 10/13/2007
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The
New Palace is a castle situated on the western side of the
Sanssouci royal park in Potsdam. The building was begun in 1763, after the end of the Seven Years' War, under
Frederick the Great and was completed in 1769. It is considered to be the last great Prussian baroque palace.
King Frederick the Great, a philosopher and a very modest man never really liked the palace and called a "fanfaronnade", meaning ostentation or swaggering. Except for the southern wing (the so-called royal quarters), he never used the palace as a residence, but rather as a display for the reception of important royals and dignitaries. Only after the foundation of the German Empire in 1871, the castle became a royal residence.
Of the over 200 rooms, four principal gathering rooms and a theater were available for royal functions, balls and state occasions.
Take a virtual tour around the castle with the pictures we took during our visit
Click in the pictures for larger images.
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Images above, left and right show parts of the castle's North Wing
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Detail of the Western Entrance |
South Wing |
The former Kitchen Building, now the office of the Potsdam University Dean |
This picture of the Western Side has been pixeled together from the separate images.
Click on the pictures below for larger images. |
If you only have one day to explore everything Sanssouci Park has to offer, we strongly recommend skipping the two hour waiting line at Sanssouci Castle and head right here.
There are no waiting lines at the New Palace, and the tour is self-guided, more extensive and a lot cheaper than the tour at Sanssouci. Unfortunately, as in all Potsdam castles, taking pictures inside is not permitted, so for pictures of the interior we have to refer you to
Virtual Sanssouci.