Babelsberg Park

Babelsberg Park
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Babelsberg Park
LocationPotsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Part ofPalaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
CriteriaCultural: (i), (ii), (iv)
Reference532ter
Inscription1990 (14th Session)
Extensions1992, 1999
Coordinates52°24′19″N 13°05′34″E / 52.405386°N 13.092721°E / 52.405386; 13.092721
Babelsberg Park is located in Brandenburg
Babelsberg Park
Location of Babelsberg Park in Brandenburg
Babelsberg Park is located in Germany
Babelsberg Park
Babelsberg Park (Germany)
View from Babelsberg Palace to Glienicke Bridge

Babelsberg Park (German: Park Babelsberg) is a 114 hectare park in the northeast of the city of Potsdam, bordering on the Tiefen See lake on the River Havel. The park was first designed by the landscape artist Peter Joseph Lenné and, after him, by Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau and Karl Friedrich Schinkel,[1] by order of the then-prince William I and his wife, Augusta. Located on a hill sloping down to the lake, the park and castle are part of the Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin, which were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List because of their unique architecture and testimony to the development of landscape design.[2]

  1. ^ ICOMOS Advisory Body Evaluation: Chateaux and Parks of Potsdam-Sanssouci (Report). ICOMOS. 13 October 1989. Retrieved 18 Jun 2022.
  2. ^ "Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 12 Jun 2022.