POTSDAM, or POSTDAM, a town of Germany, in the circle of Upper Saxony, with a palace, belonging to the king of Prussia. It is seated in an island 10 miles in circumference, formed by the rivers Sprue and Havel. The palace is finely built, delightfully situated on a spot 12 miles west of Berlin. E. Long. 13. 42. N. Lat. 52. 34. Riesbeck in his Travels informs us, that the houses in Potsdam are still finer than those of Berlin; but like them they are inhabited only by persons of the lower and middling ranks. The population of Potsdam is stated at 26,000.