The Brandenburg Gate in Potsdam is located on the western shelf of the Brandenburger Street. This historic gate was built in the eighteenth century in 1733 AD. The reason for the construction of this gate is due to Frederick the Great's desire to symbolize the rise of Prussia to the ranks of the major European powers through a new and magnificent victory gate at the entrance to the garrison city. Lively and western. In the nineteenth century, the smaller side lanes, where the guard room and the royal customs house had formerly been, were opened, and with the demolition of the city wall the gate became free-standing.