# Kommandantenhaus der Garde du Corps

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The Kommandantenhaus der Garde du Corps stands in Potsdam as a historic building linked to the king’s mounted bodyguard.

Frederick II founded the mounted regiment in 1740.

G. W. von Knobelsdorff designed the Kommandantenhaus during the eighteenth century for Potsdam’s military setting.

Its palatial facade presents a formal classical character.

Ionic colossal pilasters unite the principal floors, while vases by J. M. Kambly decorate the attic.

The building combines military history with courtly architecture.

The wider barracks complex along the Stadtkanal uses red brick with distinctive red sandstone bands.

Architect Robert Klingelhöffer designed that complex.

August Kiss supplied bronze sculptures of horse-leading guards for the main building on Neue Königstraße.

The street is now called Berliner Straße.

After the Second World War, Soviet and National People’s Army forces used the buildings until 1990.

The former military site later included administrative offices.

Part of the courtyard became the Com City office park during the 1990s, with new buildings completed in 1993.

The courtyard once held riding and parade grounds.

Architectural comparisons link the Kommandantenhaus with Palladio’s Palazzo Valmarana and Potsdam’s Plögersche Gasthof.

Frederick II’s influence shaped these related Potsdam buildings.

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