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Werder (Havel)
Town in Brandenburg, Germany

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.

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Get in

Getting to Werder (Havel)

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    Werder

    A direct train, the RE1, from Potsdam and Berlin, stops here.

See

Worth seeing

Historic town centre on a small island.

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    Dorfkirche Plessow
Do

Things to do

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

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    Reederei Bernd Kuhl
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    Hausbootvermietung Werder
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    Strandbad Werder am Plessowersee

    Am Plessower See 46,.

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    Strandbad Glindow

    Jahnufer 41 / OT Glindow,.

Eat

Where to eat

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    Fischrestaurant Arielle

    Fischerstraße 33,.

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    Kantine Fleischerei Joppe

    Luise Jahn Straße 6.

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    Restaurant Bürgerstuben

    Uferstraße 10, Restaurant@buergerstuben-werder.de.

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    Restaurant Orangerie

    Fercher Straße 60/OT Petzow,.

How locals move

Getting around Werder (Havel) the local way

  • 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. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Ansgar Koreng (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.