Berlin Gate, Heritage gate in Potsdam, Germany

The Berlin Gate was a Baroque city gate on Berliner Straße, built in 1752 by Jan Bouman on the orders of Frederick the Great, modelled on the Roman Arch of the Sergii in Pula. Its attic carried four statues by Johann Gottlieb Heymüller: two legionaries and the goddesses Minerva and Bellona. Only a small arched piece of the right side wing survives, seen from outside the city; the attic figures are kept in the depot of the Schlösserstiftung.

The gate was built in 1752 on the orders of Frederick the Great by Jan Bouman, modelled on the ancient Arch of the Sergii in Pula. It was moved a few metres in 1901 to ease growing traffic. Damaged in World War II, its intact arch was demolished in 1951 as a traffic obstacle; only a small arched section of the right side wing survives.

The gate's attic carried four statues by Johann Gottlieb Heymüller: two legionaries and the goddesses Minerva and Bellona. The originals are kept in the depot of the Schlösserstiftung, so the figures once seen above the arch survive off-site. Two gatehouses flanked the passage, housing a military guard and a tax inspector.

The gate sits near the city center and is easily reached on foot from most visitor locations in Potsdam. You can walk past it and view the structure from different angles along the street.

The gate's attic was crowned by four statues carved by Johann Gottlieb Heymüller: two legionaries and the goddesses Minerva and Bellona. The originals survive in the depot of the Schlösserstiftung, though the gate itself was demolished in 1951.