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Media City Babelsberg Horstweg Heinrich-Mann-Allee Jagdschloss 25 PRUSSIAN PALACES AND Stern GARDENS IN BERLIN AND e park Nuthestr. egrafenberg IN BRANDENBURG Palaces and Gardens in Berlin Palaces and Gardens in Potsdam Charlottenburg Palace Garden 5 SCHÖNHAUSEN PALACE AND PARK Sanssouci Park 13 CHINESE HOUSE 18 CHURCH OF PEACE 22 BELVEDERE ON THE PFINGSTBERG Schönhausen Palace served as the country There is hardly another building that embodies The Church of Peace was built from 1845– 54, It was built as a palace with a view from Charlottenburg Palace is the largest and most important remaining seat of Queen Elisabeth Christine, the wife of Sanssouci Park is an ensemble of palaces and garden complexes, which the preference of the time for Chinoiserie as based upon Italian models. King Frederick 1847 – 63, according to sketches designed by Hohenzollern residence in Berlin. The magnificent palace complex is Frederick the Great; in the 20th century it was were built under Frederick the Great during the 18th century and were well as the Chinese House in Sanssouci Park. William IV and Queen Elisabeth were laid to Frederick William IV. Today it is made accessi- surrounded by a unique baroque garden that merges into a landscaped also used as the official residence of the expanded under Frederick William IV in the 19th century. Sanssouci Palace, Built from 1754 – 57, the elegant structure rest here. The tombs of Emperor Frederick III, ble through the association „Förderverein park. The palace and its garden were originally built as a summer resi- President of the GDR and to accommodate the summer residence of Frederick the Great, is its main focus. This park conveys a cheerful atmosphere. Empress Victoria, as well as King Frederick Pfingstberg e.V. “. April – October, daily dence for the Prussian Queen, Sophie Charlotte, and were expanded by visitors of state. is the point of departure for all of the later park designs in Potsdam. A May – October, Tues. – Sun. William I are in the mausoleum. March and November, Sat./Sun. subsequent rulers. April – October, Tues. – Sun.; November – Open on the Easter holidays Easter – October, daily POMONA TEMPLE: Located directly beneath March, Sat./Sun./public holidays A November – March, Sat./Sun. the Belvedere; Schinkel’s first building from 1801. 1st weekend in April – October, Sat./ 1 CHARLOTTENBURG PALACE 6 GRUNEWALD HUNTING LODGE 9 SANSSOUCI PALACE 14 NEW PALACE AT SANSSOUCI 19 STEAM ENGINE BUILDING (MOSQUE) Sun./public holidays The cupola of Charlottenburg Palace is one In Berlin’s oldest palace (1542) on the shore of No other palace is so closely linked with the Frederick the Great had the New Palace built From 1841–43 Ludwig Persius built a steam of Berlin’s emblems. The palace’s oldest the lake called Grunewaldsee, an important personality of Frederick the Great as Sans- from 1763 – 69. Luxurious ceremonial halls, engine building styled as a mosque on the Babelsberg Park section dates from 1695– 1713. Frederick the collection of Cranach paintings is displayed. In souci. It was completed in 1747 by Georg magnificent galleries and richly designed private banks of the Havel River. The steam engine Great had the New Wing built from 1740 – 42. the Hunting Storehouse visitors can learn about Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, based on the suites such as the King’s Apartment are out- made by the local Borsig company served Based on English models, Babelsberg Park was laid out during the first Old Palace: Open year-round, Tues. – Sun. C the history of hunting and of the lodge itself. king’s ideas. Open year-round, Tues. – Sun. C standing testaments to the Frederician Rococo. as the pumping station for the fountains in half of the 19th century by Peter Joseph Lenné and Prince Pückler- New Wing: Closed for restoration work April – October, Tues. – Sun.; March, November Palace Kitchen: April – October, Tues. – Sun. Open year-round, Wed. – Mon. C Sanssouci Park. Muskau for Prince William, the later Emperor William I. The palace and throughout 2014. – December, Sat./Sun./public holidays Ladies’ Wing: May – October, Sat./Sun./public King’s Apartment: April – Oct., Wed. – Mon. May – October, Sat./Sun./public holidays park buildings are oriented toward English country estates. The spacious holidays landscaped park offers various interesting vantage points. 2 BELVEDERE 7 GLIENICKE PALACE AND CASINO 10 PICTURE GALLERY 15 CHARLOTTENHOF PALACE New Garden 23 BABELSBERG PALACE The architect Carl Gotthard Langhans Karl Friedrich Schinkel is the architect of Paintings by Rubens, van Dyck, Caravaggio Karl Friedrich Schinkel built this elegant small It was built in a Neo-Gothic style from constructed this charming building in 1788 Glienicke Palace. In addition to important and other renowned artists are displayed palace on the edge of Sanssouci Park for the Commissioned by Frederick William II, the New Garden was laid out 1834 – 35, according to plans by Karl Fried- to provide a lookout point in Charlottenburg works of art from Schinkel’s era, the in a luxurious gallery building adjacent to crown prince, Frederick William (IV), and his near the lake called the Heiliger See after 1787, becoming the first English rich Schinkel, for Prince William of Prussia Park. An important collection from the Berlin Court Gardner’s Museum is also located Sanssouci Palace. The gallery, completed wife Elisabeth. Schinkel’s interior decoration, landscaped park of the Prussian kings. At the same time the Marble Palace and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar. Porcelain Manufactory (KPM) is shown here in Glienicke Park. in 1763, was the first independent museum which he largely designed himself, is was created as the king’s summer residence, along with numerous park Closed at present due to restoration work today. April – October, Tues. – Sun.; March, November building in Germany. exceptional. buildings, some of which are still preserved today. performed as part of the “Prussian Palaces April – October, Tues. – Sun. – December, Sat./Sun./public holidays; CASINO: May – October, Tues. – Sun. May – October, Tues. – Sun. and Gardens Master Plan”. April – October, Sat./Sun./public holidays 3 MAUSOLEUM Peacock Island (Pfaueninsel) 11 NEW CHAMBERS 16 ROMAN BATHS 20 MARBLE PALACE 24 FLATOW TOWER The mausoleum was built as a tomb for Originally built as an orangery in 1747, accor- Built in the style of an ancient Italian villa, King Frederick William II had the Marble The viewing platform of the Flatow Tower King Frederick William III and Queen Luise. Beyond the lake called the Havelsee, a park was created on Peacock ding to plans by Georg Wenzeslaus von according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel Palace built on the banks of the Heiliger See offers an impressive panorama over the Later, Emperor William I and Empress Augusta Island as an expansion and enhancement of the New Garden. In keeping Knobelsdorff, Frederick the Great had the New and Ludwig Persius, this picturesque complex from 1787– 91. Together with its exquisite Potsdam park landscape. It was built from were also laid to rest here. with the spirit of the times, it was intended as a place where one could Chambers converted into a splendidly decora- includes a Gardner’s House, Tea Pavilion, furnishings, the Marble Palace may be 1853 –56 and is based on the Eschenheim April – October, Tues. – Sun. live in harmony with nature. During the 19th century, Peacock Island was ted guest palace. a summer house, an Arcade Hall and recreated counted among the most important early Gate in Frankfurt am Main. redesigned by Peter Joseph Lenné as part of the Potsdam cultural April – October, Tues. – Sun. A Roman Baths. Neoclassical buildings in Prussia. May – October, Sat./Sun./public holidays landscape. A Special exhibition: April 18 – October 31, 2014, Mai – October, Tues. – Sun. Tues. – Sun.; in 2015: May – Oct., Tues. – Sun. Nov. – April, Sat./Sun./public holidays C Potsdam, Am Stern 4 NEW PAVILION 8 PEACOCK ISLAND PALACE 12 HISTORIC WINDMILL 17 ORANGERY PALACE 21 CECILIENHOF PALACE 25 STERN HUNTING LODGE Karl Friedrich Schinkel constructed this King Frederick William II had a small, romantic, The windmill was built in the Dutch style from Built from 1851 – 64, according to plans by The residence of Crown Prince William and Potsdam’s Stern Hunting Lodge was built Italianesque building in 1825. An outstanding white Palace, in a half-timber style with two 1787 – 91. Due to a fire in 1945, the windmill Ludwig Persius, Friedrich August Stüler and his wife Cecilie, this final Hohenzollern palace under the “Soldier King”, Frederick William I, collection from Schinkel’s era with paintings towers, built on the west side of the island. It had to be rebuilt in 1993, when it was also Ludwig Hesse, its Raphael Hall filled with building was created in the style of an English from 1730 to 1732, in the style of a Dutch by Caspar David Friedrich and Carl Blechen was intended to be an eye catcher for the equipped with a new grinding mechanism.