State Capital Potsdam

Water playground (© Ulf Böttcher)

Life in Potsdam

Potsdam offers quality of life: Potsdam, which is surrounded by a generous waterscape and parkland, offers wonderful amenities.

Babelsberg Palace and Park (© Ulf Böttcher)

Babelsberg Palace

For more than 50 years it was the summer residence of Emperor William I and his wife Augusta of Sachsen-Weimar.

View over Potsdam (© Ulf Böttcher)

State Capital

The city administration of Potsdam provides online services which can be used round the clock.

Sanssouci Palace (© Michael Lüder)

The City of World Heritage

You can discover countless monuments in and around the historical city center.

Hans Otto Theater (© Ulf Böttcher)

Welcome to the City of Culture

Potsdam, the city of Prussian palaces and parks currently offers a rich and diverse culture and arts scene in addition to its proud historical heritage which reaches far beyond its borders.

Dream Factory Babelsberg (© T.Schirmag)

The Most Beautiful Location for Bright Minds

Think tank, dream factory and laboratory for the future!

Mr. Net - Sculpture at Hasso Plattner Institute for Software System Technology (© HPI / K. Herschelmann)

First Class Research

Potsdam is a city of science. In no other city in Germany are there more scientists per capita than in Potsdam.

Citizens' service

Services of the city administration can be found in our portal.
Only available in German.

Virtual City Hall

Traffic

Here you can find information about mobility in potsdam.

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Citizens' service

Traffic

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