Potsdamer Platz

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Potsdamer Platz

Potsdamer Platz in 2016 Potsdamer Platz in 2004
Location within Berlin
Former name(s)	Platz vor dem Potsdamer Thor (after 1735–1831)[1]
Part of	Bundesstraße 1
Namesake	Potsdam Gate
Type	Public square
Location	Berlin, Germany
Quarter	Tiergarten, Mitte
Nearest metro station	Potsdamer Platz
Coordinates	52°30′32″N 13°22′35″E / 52.50894°N 13.37633°E / 52.50894; 13.37633
Major junctions	Ebertstraße Auguste-Hauschner-Straße Bellevuestraße Potsdamer Straße [de] Alte Potsdamer Straße Linkstraße Gabriele-Tergit-Promenade Stresemannstraße [de] Erna-Berger-Straße Leipziger Platz Leipziger Straße
Construction
Construction start	By early 19th century
Inauguration	8 July 1831 (1831-07-08)

Potsdamer Platz (German: [ˈpɔtsdamɐ plats] ^ⓘ, Potsdam Square) is a public square and traffic intersection in the center of Berlin, Germany, lying about 1 km (1,100 yd) south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag (German Parliament Building), and close to the southeast corner of the Tiergarten park. It is named after the city of Potsdam, some 25 km (16 mi) to the south west, and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through the city wall of Berlin at the Potsdam Gate. Initially, the open area near the city gate was used for military drills and parades. In the 19th into the 20th century, it developed from an intersection of suburban thoroughfares into the most bustling traffic intersection in Europe.^[2] The area was totally destroyed during World War II and then left desolate during the Cold War era when the Berlin Wall bisected its location. Since German reunification, Potsdamer Platz has been the site of major redevelopment projects.