What is Brandenburg Gate (Potsdam)?
[[File:Potsdam Brandenburger Tor asv2023-07.jpg|thumb|Brandenburg Gate from the field side]] [[File:Potsdam brandenburger tor stadtseite.jpg|thumb|Brandenburg Gate from the city side]] The '''Brandenburg Gate''' ({{lang-de|Brandenburger Tor}}) on the ''Luisenplatz'' in '''[[Potsdam]]''', should not be confused with the [[Brandenburg Gate|gate of the same name]] on [[Berlin]]'s ''Pariser Platz'', it was built in 1770/71 by [[Carl von Gontard]] and [[Georg Christian Unger]] by order of [[Frederick II of Prussia]]. It stands at the western end of ''Brandenburger Straße'', which runs in a straight line up to the Church of St.&nbsp;Peter and St. Paul. Previously, from 1733, there was another, simpler gate on the same spot, which resembled a castle gateway. Together with the city wall, a form of [[wikt:simple:toll|toll]] barrier, and the other gates it was intended to prevent desertion and smuggling. Towards the end of the [[Seven Years' War]], Frederick the Great had the old gate demolished and built, in its stead, this new Brandenburg Gate, as a symbol of his victory. Since the city wall was demolished around 1900 the Brandenburg Gate has been a free-standing structure. == Sources == * Paul Sigel, Silke Dähmlow, Frank Seehausen und Lucas Elmenhorst, Architekturführer Potsdam, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2006, {{ISBN|3-496-01325-7}}. == Other websites == {{Commons-inline|Brandenburger Tor (Potsdam)}} {{Coord|52.399539|N|13.048003|E|type:landmark_region:DE-BB|display=title|format=dms}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Potsdam]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Germany]] [[Category:1770s establishments in Europe]] [[Category:18th-century establishments in Germany]]