Between the Brandenburg and Nauen Gates

Alte Wache (Old Guard House)
Lindenstraße 45, corner of Charlottenstraße

The main guard house, now called the Alte Wache, known at the time as the Neue Wache ("New Guard House"), was a gift from King Frederick William II to his former regiment "Prince of Prussia." The building, built in 1795-1797 by Andreas Ludwig Krüger (1743-1822), consisted of a guard room, the fitting-out room on the upper floor, and ware stands for butchers. With this building, Krüger introduced arcades as the principal motif of a façade, which until that time had been little used in the Potsdam area.