Historic site · Nördliche Vorstädte, Potsdam, Brandenburg
Cecilienhof Palace
Schloss Cecilienhof
Cecilienhof is the country house built from 1913 to 1917 in the northern part of the Neuer Garten in Potsdam, where the Potsdam Conference met in 1945; it is run by the SPSG.
Why go
The SPSG, which runs it, describes Cecilienhof Country House as the last palace built by the Hohenzollerns: Emperor William II had it built from 1913 to 1917 to plans by Paul Schultze for his eldest son, Crown Prince William, who lived there with Crown Princess Cecilie until 1945. From 17 July to 2 August 1945 the Potsdam Conference of the Second World War's victorious powers met in the house, attended by Truman, Churchill (followed by Attlee) and Stalin, and the Potsdam Agreement was adopted there. The SPSG's page, read on 9 October 2026, says the house is closed until further notice for restoration work and points to virtual tours and digital exhibitions in the meantime, so check its page before planning a visit. This record is the house; the Potsdam Conference is an event, and the Neuer Garten around it is a separate park.
Near Cecilienhof Palace
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Sanssouci Palace
Sanssouci Palace is Frederick the Great's summer residence beside the vineyard terraces in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, run by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (SPSG).
3 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
Park
Sanssouci Park
Sanssouci Park is the palace park of nearly 300 hectares in Potsdam around Sanssouci Palace and the New Palace, run by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (SPSG).
3 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
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New Palace (Potsdam)
The New Palace (Neues Palais) is the palace at the western end of the main promenade in Sanssouci Park, Potsdam, which the SPSG describes as the last royal residence Frederick the Great had built in his park, after the Seven Years' War; the SPSG runs it.
4 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
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Charlottenburg Palace
Charlottenburg Palace is the former Hohenzollern summer residence in Berlin's Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf borough, made up of the Old Palace and the New Wing and run by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (SPSG).
19 km · straight-line distance; driving distance and time differ
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