Potsdam’s Sanssouci (“care free”) palace and park are very popular places for visitors in summer. However, a couple of days with severe thunderstorms and high winds in the past week forced the closure of the entire grounds, as announced earlier today on their website and as seen with signs on their locked gates. Downed branches and tree segments needed clearing. By mid-afternoon, some of the grounds opened to foot traffic, bicycles, and motor vehicles. It’s no surprise there were far fewer number of visitors observed on the grounds today.
In 1990, selected gardens and palaces in Potsdam including Sanssouci were inscribed by UNESCO as a single item onto their list of World Heritage Sites.
Locked gate on the grounds’ southern perimeter in morning hours.
Orangerieschloss: 1851 to 1860/1864, by Stüler and Persius.
Neue Kammern: 1748 by Knobelsdorff; first an orangery, then guest palace.
Hauptallee, facing west to Neues Palais.
From Hauptallee up to Sanssouci palace.
Weinbergterrasse (vineyard terrace), facing north to Sanssouci palace.
Weinbergterrasse (vineyard terrace), facing south to the Great Fountain.
On the terrace steps, up to the palace.
The final spots for Friedrich the Great (below) and his beloved dogs (above center).
Grave for Friedrich the Great (1712-1786) who ruled as Prussia’s monarch from 1740 until his death. Yes, those are spuds on the plaque; legend has him responsible as the first to getting potatoes into German hands and bellies.
The visual jewel that is the centre portion of Sanssouci Palace.
I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 27 June 2025. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.
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