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The Erlöserkirche (Church of the Redeemer) in Potsdam was built between 1896 and 1898 based on designs by church building officer Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel in the Neo-Gothic style. The proud, 74-meter-high tower of the Evangelical Erlöserkirche rises like a needle from the closed Jugendstil buildings of the Brandenburg suburbs and can be seen from the Sanssouci Park.

The new parsonage on today's Lutherstraße was built in 1886 on the rear portion of the property of the parsonage located at the former Priesterstraße, now Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 28.

The Film Museum Potsdam is the oldest film museum in Germany and is located in the “Marstall”, the historic horse stables of the Prussian kings next to the City Palace.

The Academy of Film and Television ‘Konrad Wolf’ was founded in 1954 and sixty years later it became the first film university in Germany.

Everything pertaining to film is staged for visitors: set, props, costumes and technical equipment from yesterday to the present.

The Neuendorf School was completed as a three-story building in 1874. Today, the building houses the "Haus der Jugend" (House of Youth) and the Potsdam Youth Hostel.

At the heart of the Weberviertel stands the Friedrichskirche. King Frederick II of Prussia commissioned the construction of the church for the Bohemian settlers on the square in the midst of the Weber colony of Nowawes, which had been established since 1751.

As part of the Potsdam Edict of Tolerance, Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg offered a new home in Prussia to the Huguenot refugees. Nearly 70 years later, the Huguenot community had grown so much that in 1752, it was decided to build a French Protestant church for them.

Friendship Island is a gem among the urban green spaces of Potsdam. Located in the heart of the city between two arms of the Havel River, it is a refuge for nature and art appreciation, walks, and relaxation.