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Werder (Havel)

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)
Werder (Havel) · Ansgar Koreng
The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Werder (Havel)

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.

  1. 01
    University 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
  2. 02
    New 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
  3. 03
    Lake 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
  4. 04
    Max 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
  5. 05
    Großer 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
  6. 06
    Abraham 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
  7. 07
    Potsdam 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
  8. 08
    Max 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
  9. 09
    Villa 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Historic town centre on a small island.

  1. 01
    Dorfkirche Plessow

From Wikivoyage: Werder (Havel), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Do

Things to do

Cherry Blossom Festival (Baumblütenfest). Held in late April and early May. Blossom tours, fair, folk festival.

  1. 01
    Reederei Bernd Kuhl
  2. 02
    Hausbootvermietung Werder
  3. 03
    Strandbad Werder am Plessowersee

    Am Plessower See 46,.

  4. 04
    Strandbad Glindow

    Jahnufer 41 / OT Glindow,.

From Wikivoyage: Werder (Havel), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Fischrestaurant Arielle

    Fischerstraße 33,.

  2. 02
    Kantine Fleischerei Joppe

    Luise Jahn Straße 6.

  3. 03
    Restaurant Bürgerstuben

    Uferstraße 10, Restaurant@buergerstuben-werder.de.

  4. 04
    Restaurant Orangerie

    Fercher Straße 60/OT Petzow,.

From Wikivoyage: Werder (Havel), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Werder (Havel)

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 → Werder (Havel)
    119 km · quickest by road, 2h 8m · €14–19
  • Dresden → Werder (Havel)
    158 km · quickest by road, 3h 3m · €22–31
  • Erfurt → Werder (Havel)
    203 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · €27–37
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Werder (Havel)

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 (Havel). What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Potsdam, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Helsingborg and the Öresund crossingSE

    6 ways of moving, 13 sources

    408 km
  2. 02
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    543 km
  3. 03
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    801 km
  4. 04
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    948 km
  5. 05
    Åland (Mariehamn and Fasta Åland)FI

    12 ways of moving, 21 sources

    959 km

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Around it

Next door to Werder (Havel)

Werder (Havel) is 36 km from Berlin, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.