Old Guardhouse (Alte Wache)

The Old Guardhouse (Alte Wache) is located at the corner of Lindenstraße and Charlottenstraße. In the early 18th century, merchants arriving from Werder and Brandenburg an der Havel were inspected here. After the so-called Second City Expansion, it served as the main guardhouse. Later, Andreas Ludwig Krüger transformed the building into a prestigious structure with a neoclassical columned colonnade. At that time, it housed a guardroom, an equipment chamber on the upper floor, and butcher stalls. Today, a bank occupies the Old Guardhouse.