Obelisk des Neustädter Tores
Obelisk des Neustädter Tores stands in Potsdam near the junction of Schopenhauerstraße and Breite Straße. The sandstone monument marks the former Neustädter Tor, built during the city’s first baroque expansion between 1713 and 1724.
In 1753, Friedrich II commissioned Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff to redesign the entrance along Potsdam’s main axis towards Sanssouci Park. Two obelisks carried hieroglyphs inspired by Egyptian symbols, while heavy stone eagles caused repeated structural problems. By 1776, builders had replaced them with sandstone shafts and lighter, wind-rotating metal eagles. The gate lost its function in 1829 and suffered damage during the Second World War.
The surviving obelisk was restored and moved near its original site in 1981, without its eagle. The damaged eagle now stands in the Potsdam Museum.
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