View of Potsdam with the Electoral Palace, the Pleasure Garden, the city expansion and the Pheasant Garden, Johann Gottfried Bartsch, from 1674 until 1678

This ideal perspective view of potsdam is one of the oldest surviving views of the city; from a series of etchings; it depicts the city palace on the havel with the planned pleasure garden. Around the area of the old market and st. Mary's church, the predecessor of st. Nicholas' church, there are examples of residential buildings. In the western part you can see the riding stables built in 1671, replaced by the long stable in 1734, and the houses on the so-called freiheit, also built in 1671, which differ from the freiheit in terms of their size and the hipped roofs that this required. The pheasant garden in the background is connected to the town by an avenue laid out around 1670 (today jägerallee). Date: from 1674 until 1678. Dimensions: 28.7 × 43.2 cm (11.2 × 17 in). Medium: etching print. Collection: Potsdam Museum. Bartsch, Johann Gottfried - Ansicht Potsdams mit dem Kurfürstlichen Schloss, dem Lustgarten, der Stadterweiterung und dem Fasanengarten