Dutch Quarter
The Dutch Quarter (German: Holländisches Viertel) is a neighborhood in Potsdam, Germany, consisting of 134 red Dutch brick buildings, almost all of which have been renovated.
It was built from 1733 to 1740 and designed by Jan Bouman following the order of Frederick William I of Prussia, who invited talented Dutch craftsmen to settle there.[1][2] Under him, known as the "soldier king", the district was planned and the two western squares were built. After his death in 1740, his son and successor Frederick the Great had the quarter with the two eastern squares completed largely according to his father's plans.
References
[edit]- ↑ Kaufmann, Thomas DaCosta (1995). Court, Cloister, and City: The Art and Culture of Central Europe, 1450-1800. University of Chicago Press. p. 401. ISBN 978-0-226-42729-4.
- ↑ Wojnarowska, Anna (2011). "Revitalisation of Potsdams's Central Area: Regaining the Identity of the City". European Spatial Research and Policy. 18 (1): 89–100. doi:10.2478/v10105-011-0006-z. hdl:11089/10872. ISSN 1896-1525.
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