Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of Berlin and about 25 kilometres southwest of Berlin's city centre, in a hilly morainic landscape dotted with many lakes, around 20 of which lie within the city limits. The names of the city and of many of its boroughs are of Slavic origin. Potsdam was a residence of the Prussian kings and the German Emperor until 1918, and its planning embodied ideas of the Age of Enlightenment through a careful balance of architecture and landscape. It is widely known for its palaces, lakes and cultural significance, including the parks and palaces of Sanssouci, Germany's largest World Heritage Site.
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Windelband was born the son of a Prussian state secretary for the Province of Brandenburg in Potsdam
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is the capital and largest city of the German state of Brandenburg
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is the capital and largest city of the German state of Brandenburg
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is the capital and largest city of the German state of Brandenburg
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