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The '''Baronie Neu Potsdam''' is an [[Imperial Andermani Navy|Andermani]] [[peerage]] title awarded by {{trmn}}.

==Baronie of Neu Potsdam==

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==Coat of arms of Freiherr Neu Potsdam==

===Escutcheon===  

Sable a pale gules overall an Andermani eagle displayed argent, armed gules and charged with a cursive letter "Z" Or.

==History and Geography of Neu Potsdam==

Neu Potsdam has been used as a title since before the founding of the Empire. The Neu Potsdam Protectorate was a single system star nation founded in 1512 PD when Gustav Anderman (later Gustav I) and the mercenaries of his Liegnitz, Ltd arrived at the planet of Kuan Yin, rescuing its population from slow starvation. It existed for eleven years until 1523 PD and was then redesignated as the core of the newly declared multi-system Andermani Empire.<ref>[[honorverse:New_Potsdam_Protectorate|Honorverse: New Potsdam Protectorate]]</ref> Now simply referred to as Potsdam, the planet is the capital of the Andermani Empire, located in the New Berlin System.<ref>[[honorverse:Potsdam|Honorverse: Potsdam]]</ref>

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===Zoellerberg Fortress===

Seat of the Freiherr and the barony’s administrative center. Zoellerberg Fortress is an imposing anachronistic stone fortress located in the outskirts of the city of Neu Potsdam, sitting on high ground immediately adjacent to the river Havel. Its famed ‘river gate’ leads directly into the lower keep itself and has been an entry into the fortress used by emperors and apprehended criminals alike.

===Neu Potsdam Winery===

During the time of famine, one of the accidental consequences of the microbiologists’ “redesign” of terrestrial crops, was a new type of grape that only grew on Potsdam, producing a unique dark wine. Now one of only seven vintners in the Empire to cultivate that varietal, Neu Potsdam Winery has proudly produced and distributed fine vintages for over 350 years.<ref>[[honorverse:Potsdam?so=search|Honorverse: Potsdam]]</ref>

===Westrovian Entrepreneurial Cooperative===

One of the chief innovation ‘think tanks’ in the entire Empire, the firm is home to some of the brightest (and most opportunistic) minds in the thriving economy of the bustling Andermani Empire. The famed Neu Potsdam Conference, which bi-annually brings together business leaders from various corporate concerns around the Empire, meets in the Westrovian corporate headquarters and discusses the many ways in which these powerful and diverse corporate entities can work together to meet their (and the Empire’s) goals.

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===Sun Tzu Archival Research Center and Repository===  

With an interstellar reputation for scholarship and learning, this extension center of Anderman University<ref>[[honorverse:Anderman_University|Honorverse: Anderman University]]</ref> supports the studies of both military and civilian personnel in leadership, management, communications, ethics, and strategy. The center is the site of many first editions and manuscripts on business, tactics, and war, including two old-style paper first editions of “Sternenkrieg”, written by Gustav I Anderman himself.<ref>[[honorverse:Sternenkrieg|Honorverse: Sternenkrieg]]</ref>

===Gebäckgarnelen Distributors, Ltd===

One of the oldest exporters of quality shellfish and seafood in the Andermani Empire has its corporate headquarters just downstream from the Zoellerberg Fortress itself on the river Havel. With cultivation farms, research centers, flash-freezing facilities, and distribution nodes across the planet, Gebäckgarnelen Distributors is the industry standard for fine water-borne food products.

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===Das Jadekreuz “The Jade Cross”===

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===Adlerfelsen Mining, Ltd===

Part of the Neu Potsdam holdings is the Adlerfelsen section of the Anderman Asteroid Belt, which was a gift to the Freiherr by the Emperor to help support the economy of the barony upon its establishment. The Adlerfelsen Mining, Ltd was established as a wholly owned company of the Zoeller family and consists of multiple extraction, refining, and distribution facilities. While not rich in precious metals and gemstones, this section of the belt nonetheless supplies a large number of rare earths used in the molycirc industry as well as for shipboard weapons systems used by the Imperial Andermani Navy.

===Koebel Scout Reservation===

Named for Eberhard Koebel, an Old Earth German Scout leader, the Andermani Scouts Association's Koebel Scout Reservation is among the oldest continuous Scouting and youth recreational facilities on the planet. The reservation makes up fully 15% of the entire land mass of the barony and sits astride both the Havel river and the Kaiserkrone Mountain Range. Hosting Scouts from across the Empire and beyond, the reservation is highly popular. Every year, each Anderman Scout who obtains the coveted highest rank of Pfadfinderinnen or Pfadfinder<ref>[[wikipedia:Bund_der_Pfadfinderinnen_und_Pfadfinder|Bund der Pfadfinderinnen und Pfadfinder]]</ref> is invited to a mass camporee on the reservation’s grounds. Freiherr Neu Potsdam is widely acknowledged to be one of the Empire’s strongest patrons of the youth movement and underwrites the entire event from the barony’s privy purse. More often than not, the Emperor himself will make a ‘surprise’ visit during the event to congratulate and encourage the youth who will make up the backbone of the Empire in the future.

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