Holländisches Viertel Potsdam Häuserreihe Mittelstrasse

Jan Bouman (28 August 1706, in

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– 6 September 1776, in Berlin) was a Dutch architect, mainly notable for his work as designer and

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on the Dutch Quarter in

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of ...

by order of

Frederick William I of Prussia Frederick William I (german: Friedrich Wilhelm I.; 14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740), known as the "Soldier King" (german: Soldatenkönig), was King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death in 1740, as well as Prince of Neu ...

. He designed its canals and squares along with Potsdam's Berlin Gate and town hall, the latter influenced by the

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*https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/333640 18th-century Dutch architects 1706 births 1776 deaths Architects from Amsterdam 18th-century Dutch artists {{Netherlands-architect-stub