Against his will, King Friedrich II of Prussia was originally buried at the instigation of Friedrich Wilhelm II next to his unloved father in the crypt of the Potsdam Garrison …

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Eberhard

July 2, 2022

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History, culture and health can be combined in Potsdam in a short distance. On foot from Peter and Paul through the Dutch Quarter to Sanssouci.
Here you can linger. There …

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Markus B.

April 5, 2022

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231 years ago, on August 17, 1786, King Frederick II of Prussia died in Sanssouci Palace. His grave on the top terrace of Sanssouci, where he found his final resting place on August 17, 1991, is regularly decorated with potatoes - after all, we have him to thank for the potato.

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