Marienquelle
Marienquelle, also known as the Heilige Grabestor, stands near Caputh’s entrance on Templiner Straße in Potsdam. It sits in a shallow depression beside a small pond. An early Gothic display wall presents two shallow pointed arches on columns within a triply framed pointed-arch entrance. A rectangular frame completes the façade.
King Friedrich Wilhelm IV commissioned the structure in 1852, inspired by Jerusalem’s Tomb of Mary in the Kidron Valley. Architect August Stüler completed it in 1855. The site served as a wild-animal trough, probably built from locally produced bricks resembling those associated with the Glindow Brickworks Museum. Brandenburg lists the structure as a protected monument.
Restoration in 2014 cleared away heavy overgrowth from the monument and its surroundings. The spring has dried, but a small pond remains in the basin. Visitors sometimes mistake the façade for the remains of a monastery ruin.
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