Potsdam
Capital city of the German state of Brandenburg
Also known as Imperial City of Potsdam
- Country
- Germany(since 1990)
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- , German Empire(1871–1919)
- , East Germany(1949–1990)
- +6 more
- Germany(since 1990)
- Located in
- Brandenburg(since 1990)
- , Potsdam District(1952–1990)
- , Brandenburg(1947–1952)
- +2 more
- Population
- 185,137(December 31, 2025)
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- , 184,754(December 31, 2024)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2024)Retrieved 2026-06-29
- , 187,119(December 31, 2023)
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Sources- 1.Stated in register of German municipalities (2023)Retrieved 2024-11-16
- +12 more
- 185,137(December 31, 2025)
- Area
- 188.26 km²(2016)
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Sources- 1.destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Aktuell/05Staedte.html
- 2.“Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)”destatis.de/DE/ZahlenFakten/LaenderRegionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Administrativ/Archiv/GVAuszugQ/AuszugGV4QAktuell.htmlRetrieved 2019-03-10
- , 188.25 km²
- 188.26 km²(2016)
- Elevation
- 35 m
- Head of government
- Noosha Aubel(since 2025)
- , Matthias Platzeck(1998–2002)
- , Jann Jakobs(2002–2018)
- +1 more
- Postal code
- 14467
- , 14482
- , 14469
- +5 more
- Website
Overview
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
260 statements · 30% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Twinned administrative body
- Lucerne(since 2002)
- Opole(since 1973)
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- Bonn(since 1988)
- Perugia(since 1990)
- Jyväskylä(since 1985)
- Bobigny(since 1974)
- Sioux Falls(since 1990)
- Minsk
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- Kaliningrad(since 1993)
- Versailles(since 2013)
- Local dialing code
- 033208 applies to part: Fahrland, Marquardt
- 033201 applies to part: Groß Glienicke
- 0331
- Contains the administrative territorial entity
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- Fahrland
- Golm
- Groß Glienicke
- Nattwerder
- Kartzow
- Marquardt
- Neu Fahrland
- Satzkorn
- Uetz-Paaren
- Bornim
- Grube [Potsdam]
- Nauener Vorstadt
- Jägervorstadt
- Berliner Vorstadt
- Brandenburger Vorstadt
- Potsdam-West
- Historische Innenstadt
- Südliche Innenstadt
- South Babelsberg
- Templiner Vorstadt
- Teltower Vorstadt
- Schlaatz
- Waldstadt I
- Waldstadt II
- Industriegelände
- Forst Potsdam Süd
- Stern
- Kirchsteigfeld
- Short name
- Po
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- Po
- Official name
- Potsdam
- Time of earliest written record
- July 3, 993 subject named as: Poztupimi
- Member of
- Climate Alliance(since 1995)
- Mayors for Peace(since 2005)
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Sources- 1.mayorsforpeace.org/english/membercity/map/europe.htmlRetrieved 2019-07-04
- Creative Cities Network(since 2019) subject has role: City of Film
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft „Städte mit historischen Stadtkernen“
- Organization of World Heritage Cities
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Sources- 1.ovpm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/liste-villes-en-regle-pour-page-web12-03-2024.pdfRetrieved 2023-12-31
- Demonym
- Potsdamer applies to part: masculine singular, masculine plural
- Potsdamerin applies to part: feminine singular
- Potsdamerinnen applies to part: feminine plural
- potsdampiense
- Native label
- Potsdam ipa transcription: ˈpɔt͡sdam · pronunciation audio: De-Potsdam.ogg
- Geoshape
- Data:Deutschland/Brandenburg/Potsdam.map
- Number of viewers/listeners
- 369,667(November 24, 2025) youtube channel id: UCAysIjm8uJkHxXigd0Le8hA · youtube handle: landeshauptstadtpotsdam
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- 369,667(November 24, 2025) youtube channel id: UCAysIjm8uJkHxXigd0Le8hA · youtube handle: landeshauptstadtpotsdam
- Hashtag
- Potsdam
On other databases
96 identifiers linking Potsdam across the web's reference databases
- Alvin IDalvin-place:763
- Apple Maps "auid" identifier13818881219227509214
- ArchINFORM location ID300
- BHCL UUIDa599de11-620f-458b-99bc-05f56248478a
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDpotsdam-20
- CERL Thesaurus IDcnl00012946
- Comic Vine ID4020-60649
- Curlie IDRegional/Europe/Germany/States/Brandenburg/Localities/Potsdam/
- De Agostini IDPotsdam
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--431546
- Edition humboldt digital IDH0008392
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Potsdam-Germany
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDpotsdam
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)1JATbs
- Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)526786
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ5758
- Facebook location ID110179422344981
- Facebook usernamepotsdam.de
- FactGrid item IDQ10446
- FAST ID1202874
- Freebase ID/m/0d331
- GADM IDDEU.4.14_1
- GeoNames ID2852458
- German district key12054
- German municipality key12054000
- German regional key120540000000
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID7004463
- GND ID4046948-7
- Google Arts & Culture entity IDm0d331
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDpotsdam-0
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0237631
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDPotsdam
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)5687464
- Grove Art Online IDT069026
- Harper's tagpotsdam
- HASCDE.BB.PT
- Hikr waypoint ID81881
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDobject_292541
- Image Archive, Herder InstituteQ1711
- INaturalist place ID98460
- Instagram location ID213759886
- Instagram usernamepotsdam.de
- Interlingual Index IDi82986
- J9U entity ID987007557374905171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID12318
- Joconde location IDT84-4530
- Klexikon article IDPotsdam
- Klimadashboard.de region IDf9b91474-ef50-4a86-ab8b-b675fcab8af3
- KSW place ID78936
- Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID6828
- Lex IDPotsdam
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn50057895
- LinkedIn company or organization IDlandeshauptstadt-potsdam
- Lower Sorbian place name ID4871281
- Mindat locality ID359382
- Münzkabinett IDcorporation/12493
- Museum-digital place ID113
- MusicBrainz area ID8e6d774f-482e-4c57-b852-3d9696498ae6
- National Historical Museums of Sweden IDgeo/F6E4F290-A1B6-4D69-9382-3403649FA0B6
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810595739805606
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX452182
- National Library of Wales Authority IDpotsdam
- NE.se IDpotsdam
- NL CR AUT IDge250434
- Nomisma IDpotsdam
- NUTS codeDE404
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3958664
- OpenStreetMap node ID1695218178
- OpenStreetMap relation ID62369
- OSM Name Suggestion Index IDlandeshauptstadtpotsdam-60dfe6
- PACTOLS thesaurus IDpcrt1FrovRozQ9
- Quora topic IDPotsdam
- SBN place IDUBOL002792
- SNARC IDQ47912
- Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri IDgeografico/1202200
- Treccani IDpotsdam
- Treccani's Dizionario di Storia IDpotsdam
- Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana IDpotsdam
- U.S. National Archives Identifier10044846
- UN/LOCODEDEPOT
- Urban Electric Transit city ID104
- VIAF cluster ID155908018
- Vikidia article IDfr:Potsdam
- Wellcome Collection concept IDmucfu7m5
- Who's on First ID101748815
- WikiKids IDPotsdam
- WOEID685783
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID08792379-n
- World Historical Gazetteer place ID14018316
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJkdgmfJMjwQt968CGPPcP
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