Werder
Werder (Havel) (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛʁdɐ] ; official name derived from Werder an der Havel ("Werder upon Havel"), colloquially just Werder) is a town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany, located on the Havel river in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, west of the state's capital Potsdam.

Werder (Havel) (German pronunciation: [ˈvɛʁdɐ] ; official name derived from Werder an der Havel ("Werder upon Havel"), colloquially just Werder) is a town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany, located on the Havel river in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, west of the state's capital Potsdam.
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Worth seeing in and around Werder
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Potsdam
The University of Potsdam is a public university in Potsdam, capital of the state of Brandenburg, northeastern Germany. The university is mainly situated across three campuses in the city.
5.7 km · university in the German city of Potsdam · Wikipedia - 02New Palace
The New Palace is a palace situated on the western side of the Sanssouci park in Potsdam, Germany. The building was begun in 1763, after the end of the Seven Years' War, under King Friedrich II and was completed in 1769.
6 km · Palace in Sanssouci, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany · Wikipedia - 03Lake Schwielowsee
Schwielowsee is a lake in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated to the south and west of the city of Potsdam.
5.3 km · lake in Brandenburg · Wikipedia - 04Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics
The Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics is a Max Planck Institute whose research is aimed at investigating Einstein's theory of relativity and beyond: Mathematics, quantum gravity, astrophysical relativity, and gravitational-wave astronomy. The institute was founded in 1995 and is located in the Potsdam Science Park in Golm, Potsdam and in Hannover where it closely collaborates with the Leibniz University Hannover.
4.4 km · Physics Institute · Wikipedia - 05Großer Plessower See
Großer Plessower See is a German lake in the town of Werder, in Brandenburg. At an elevation of 24 m, its surface area is 3.22 km², its maximum length 5,11 km and, at its widest, is 1325 m.
2.4 km · lake in Werder (Havel), Germany · Wikipedia - 06Abraham Geiger College
The Abraham Geiger Kolleg in Potsdam, founded in 1999, is a rabbinical seminary, an affiliated institute of the University of Potsdam in the Federal Republic of Germany and the first such new institution in continental Europe since the Shoah. It is named after Abraham Geiger, an important representative of liberal Judaism in Germany, and was established by Dr.
5.7 km · German university · Wikipedia - 07Potsdam University Library
The University Library of Potsdam is the largest academic library in the German state of Brandenburg. It serves the academic community of the University of Potsdam as well scholars, students and citizens in Berlin and Brandenburg.
3.9 km · university library · Wikipedia - 08Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology
The Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology is a German research institute for molecular plant physiology, based in the Golm district of Potsdam, Brandenburg. Founded on 1 January 1994, the MPIMP focuses on the study of the dynamics of plant metabolism and how that relates to the entire plant system.
4.3 km · German agricultural research institute · Wikipedia - 09Villa Carlshagen
Villa Carlshagen, also known as Villa Karlshagen, is a protected monument at Olympischer Weg 1 in Potsdam, Germany. The villa is located directly on the Templiner See.
5.9 km · building in Potsdam, Germany · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Historic town centre on a small island.
- 01Dorfkirche Plessow
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Things to do
Cherry Blossom Festival (Baumblütenfest). Held in late April and early May. Blossom tours, fair, folk festival.
- 01Reederei Bernd Kuhl
- 02Hausbootvermietung Werder
- 03Strandbad Werder am Plessowersee
Am Plessower See 46,.
- 04Strandbad Glindow
Jahnufer 41 / OT Glindow,.
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Where to eat
- 01Fischrestaurant Arielle
Fischerstraße 33,.
- 02Kantine Fleischerei Joppe
Luise Jahn Straße 6.
- 03Restaurant Bürgerstuben
Uferstraße 10, Restaurant@buergerstuben-werder.de.
- 04Restaurant Orangerie
Fercher Straße 60/OT Petzow,.
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Getting to Werder
- Airports
- Berlin Brandenburg (BER), 39 km · Leipzig/Halle (LEJ), 117 km · Dresden (DRS), 150 km
- Stations
- Potsdam Park Sanssouci railway station, 5.6 km · Potsdam Pirschheide railway station, 5.4 km · Golm railway station, 3.9 km · Werder (Havel) railway station, 1.2 km
- Schkeuditz → Werder120 km · quickest by road, 2h 3m · €14–19
- Dresden → Werder158 km · quickest by road, 2h 59m · €22–31
- Erfurt → Werder204 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · €26–37
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Werder
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Werder. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThese two tram lines follow the same path up until Campus Fachhochschule, with stops for: the City Center (Platz der Einheit or Brandenburger Str.), the Dutch Quarter (Nauener Tor), the Russian Colony (Alexandrowka) (Puschkinallee), the Pfingstberg (Am Schragen is next to the walking path), and the Volkspark and Fachhochschule at Campus Fachhochschule.
- Get aroundAnother operator is Donkey Bike, which has stations in nearby Wannsee, around 6 km away.
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Next door to Werder
Werder is 36 km from Berlin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Werder (Havel)municipality in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, Brandenburg state, Germany600 m
- GolmDistrict of Potsdam, Germany3.4 km
- Caputhborough of Schielowsee, Germany5.8 km
- Eicheborough of Potsdam in Brandenburg state, Germany4.6 km
- Caputh-Geltow railway stoprailway stop in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg5 km
- Caputh-Schwielowsee railway stoprailway stop in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark, Brandenburg5.7 km