Growing to encompass much of northern and central Europe, Prussia was led to new heights by Frederick II. Ruling from his new capital, Berlin, Frederick’s father, Frederick William I, ...

Babelsberg Palace in Potsdam is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Once the summer residence of Emperor William I, it is now a ...

and Prussian palaces just a short U-Bahn ride away from each other. —Eliot Stein How to spend a day discovering Berlin's creative side How to spend a day discovering Berlin's creative side How ...

The Glienicke Bridge connects Berlin and Potsdam and was a legendary site during the Cold War. The USA and the Soviet Union ...

In a statement issued Tuesday in Berlin, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation President Hermann Parzinger said he was “astonished by this step” after his foundation had done extensive ...

The might of the Prussian army had been entirely crushed. On October 27, Napoleon marched triumphantly through Berlin to the strains of the Marseilles, invoking the Revolution, equality ...

Potsdam is a beautiful city full of parks, lakes, and magnificent palaces. As former focal point during the Cold War and a point of interest in Prussia, Potsdam is filled with culture and history. You ...

Prussia's development as a successful, modern industrial state gave hope to German nationalists. Economically, unification through the Zollverein economic alliance of 1834 had been a success ...