Places to see in ( Potsdam - Germany ) Charlottenhof Castle
Places to see in ( Potsdam - Germany ) Charlottenhof Castle
In the southwest of Sanssouci Palace lies Charlottenhof, a small neo-classical palace, forming the architectural centre of a park, which was later added to the 18th-century Sanssouci gardens in 1826. That year Frederick William IV, who was quite fond of art, assigned architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel with the remodelling of his farm house into a neo-classical summer residence. Schinkel´s one-storey building was adorned with an English garden, an ideal retreat for the King's wife.
Charlottenhof Palace or Charlottenhof Manor (German: Schloss Charlottenhof) is a former royal palace located southwest of Sanssouci Palace in Sanssouci Park at Potsdam, Germany. It is best known as the summer residence of Crown Prince Frederick William (later King Frederick William IV of Prussia). Today it is maintained by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg.
The park area with its various buildings can be traced back to the 18th century. After it had changed hands several times, King Frederick William III of Prussia bought the land that borders the south of Sanssouci Park and gave it to his son Frederick William and his wife Elisabeth Ludovika for Christmas in 1825.
The Crown Prince charged the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel with the remodeling of an already existing farm house and the project was completed at low cost from 1826 through 1829. In the end, Schinkel, with the help of his student Ludwig Persius, built a small Neoclassical palace on the foundations of the old farm house in the image of a Roman villa.
With designs he created himself the artistically inclined Crown Prince participated in the planning process for the palace and surrounding park. He referred to this summer residence as Siam, which at the time was considered the Land of the Free, and to himself jokingly as the Siam House architect.
The landscape architect Peter Joseph Lenné was charged with the design of the Charlottenhof gardens. He completely recreated the originally flat and partly marshy area into an English garden with trees, lawn and water features. He also linked the new park at Charlottenhof to the older one at Sanssouci from the time of Frederick the Great.
Since 1990, Charlottenhof Palace has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin. The palace is administered by the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg.
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Im Potsdamer Neuen Garten, dicht am Ufer des Heiligen Sees, ließ Friedrich Wilhelm II. in den Jahren 1787–1793 das Marmorpalais errichten. Die Architekten Carl von Gontard und ab 1790 der Erbauer des Brandenburger Tors in Berlin, Carl Gotthard Langhans, schufen ein Schlossgebäude im Stil des Frühklassizismus.
Das „neue Haus“ war dem Privatleben des musisch begabten Königs vorbehalten. Der Neffe und Nachfolger des kinderlos gebliebenen Friedrich des Großen distanzierte sich mit diesem Neubau räumlich und architektonisch von seinem wenig geliebten Onkel, der zeit seines Lebens die Formen des Barock und Rokoko bevorzugte.
Das aus rotem Backstein errichtete Marmorpalais ist ein zweigeschossiges Gebäude mit quadratischem Grundriss. Auf das flache Dach des kubischen Baukörpers wurde ein Rundtempel gesetzt, der der schönen Aussicht diente. Als Blickfang wurde unter anderem das Schloss auf der Pfaueninsel errichtet. Über Freitreppen mit Rundgang, die vom Dach aus betreten wurden, gelangte man in das Innere des Belvedere. Putten, die einen Früchtekorb tragen, bilden den bekrönenden Abschluss. Durch Schmuck- und Gliederungselemente aus grauem und weißem schlesischen Marmor an der Fassade erhielt das Marmorpalais seinen Namen.
Über eine große Terrasse an der Seeseite des Schlosses mit seitlichen Freitreppen, die bis zum Wasser reichen, gelangte die Hofgesellschaft zu den Bootsanlegestellen. Der König unternahm gern ausgedehnte Bootsfahrten, beispielsweise zum Schloss Charlottenburg in Berlin.
Unterhalb der Terrasse liegt am Seeufer die ehemalige Schlossküche im Stil einer Tempelruine. Der halb versunkene Tempel wurde 1788–1790 von Langhans gestaltet. Ein unterirdischer Gang verband sie mit dem im Erdgeschoss liegenden Grottensaal, der in den Sommermonaten als Speisesaal genutzt wurde.
Im Jahr 1797, dem Todesjahr Friedrich Wilhelms II., wurde nach Plänen Michael Philipp Boumanns mit der Angliederung zweier eingeschossiger Seitenflügel begonnen, da dem König inzwischen das Treppensteigen schwerfiel. Die eingeschossigen, rechteckigen Erweiterungsbauten rechts und links der Vorderfront verband der Baumeister mit Galerien im Viertelkreis. Da wegen des Gesundheitszustand des Königs der schlesische Marmor nicht schnell genug beschafft werden konnte, wurde die Marmorkolonnade aus dem friderizianischen Park Sanssouci abgetragen und für die neuen Säulengänge umgearbeitet. Die imposante Gartenarchitektur von Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff stand auf der Hauptallee zwischen Schloss Sanssouci und dem Neuen Palais.
Als der König im November 1797 starb, befanden sich die Anbauten noch im Rohbau. Sein Sohn und Nachfolger Friedrich Wilhelm III. ließ lediglich den Außenbau fertigstellen.
Hagen. Aus dem Nibelungenzyklus
Diesen Zustand fanden noch in den 1830er Jahren Prinz Wilhelm, der spätere Kaiser Wilhelm I., und seine Gemahlin Augusta vor, als sie für kurze Zeit bis zur Fertigstellung ihres Schlosses Babelsberg (1835–1849) das Marmorpalais bezogen. Sein Bruder, der Romantiker auf dem Thron, Friedrich Wilhelm IV., beauftragte den Architekten Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse, den Innenausbau der Seitenflügel zwischen 1843 und 1848 durchzuführen. Die äußeren Säulengänge wurden zum Abschluss der Arbeiten mit Fresken aus der Nibelungensage ausgemalt.
Die Seitenflügel des Schlosses wurden von den königlichen Sommergästen genutzt. Technische und sanitäre Erneuerungen erfuhr das Gebäude, als Prinz Wilhelm, der spätere Kaiser Wilhelm II., mit seiner Familie von 1881 bis zu seiner Thronbesteigung 1888 im Marmorpalais lebte.
Ab 1904 waren die letzten königlichen Bewohner Kronprinz Wilhelm, der älteste Sohn Kaiser Wilhelms II., und dessen Gemahlin Cecilie. 1917 erfolgte der Umzug in das nahegelegene, für sie im Neuen Garten erbaute Schloss Cecilienhof.
Nach dem Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs und der Monarchie kam das Marmorpalais nach der Vermögensauseinandersetzung zwischen dem preußischen Staat und dem Haus Hohenzollern 1926 in die Obhut der preußischen Schlösserverwaltung und wurde im August 1932 als Schlossmuseum eröffnet.
Die wiederhergestellte Innenausstattung des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts im Hauptgebäude und im Südflügel und die Originalpläne zum Neuen Garten und Potsdamer Ansichten im Nordflügel erlitten großen Schaden, als Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs der Nordflügel von einer Brandbombe und der Hauptbau von einer Granate getroffen wurde. Weitere Verluste entstanden, als die Rote Armee nach 1946 ein Offizierkasino im Schloss unterhielt.
Marmorpalais als Deutsches Armeemuseum mit sowjetischem Kampfflugzeug MiG-17, 1964
Im Jahr 1961 wurde in dem Gebäude das Deutsche Armeemuseum eingerichtet. Im Innern wurden historisches Kriegsgerät, Uniformen
Views Around the City of Potsdam and Sanssouci Park, Brandenburg, Germany - October 2018
Views Around Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany - October 2018.
Potsdam is the capital and largest city of the German federal state of Brandenburg. It directly borders the German capital, Berlin, and is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel 24 kilometres (15 miles) southwest of Berlin's city centre. Around the city there are a series of interconnected lakes and cultural landmarks, in particular the parks and palaces of Sanssouci, the largest World Heritage Site in Germany. To read more about Potsdam, click here: .
This film features views from a walk around the city centre of Potsdam and Sanssouci Park. It begins outside the Dorint Hotel Sanssouci Berlin/Potsdam, and heads down Jagerallee past the Jagertor and around city centre streets, highlighting shops, buildings, bars, cafes, the market and general city culture, ambience and infrastructure.
An Autmun fair is in town and there are views of this as well as the famous St. Nikolaikirche Potsdam, Am Alten Markt and its obelisk and the Landesrechnungshof Brandenburg. From here the journey heads into the Dutch Quarter, before heading into Sanssouci Park via Brandenburger Tor. There are then extensive views around Sanssouci Park and Gardens including the stunning gardens, building and statues. There are extensive views of the Weinbergterrassen, Sanssouci Castle, windmill, Potsdam University, Neues Palais and Chinese House, before heading out of the park to Hauptallee Obelisk and Winzerberg Potsdam where the film ends.
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Places to see in ( Potsdam - Germany )
Places to see in ( Potsdam - Germany )
Potsdam is a city on the border of Berlin, Germany. Sanssouci Palace was once the summer home of Frederick the Great, former King of Prussia. On the grounds of the complex, the Renaissance Orangery Palace overlooks Italian-style gardens with fountains. Historic Mill offers city views. English gardens surround neoclassical Charlottenhof Palace. The 19th-century Roman Baths were built in several architectural styles.
Potsdam, on the Havel River just 25km southwest of central Berlin, is the capital and crown jewel of the federal state of Brandenburg. Easily reached by S-Bahn, the former Prussian royal seat is the most popular day trip from Berlin, luring visitors with its splendid gardens and palaces, which garnered Unesco World Heritage status in 1990. Headlining the roll call of royal pads is Schloss Sanssouci, the private retreat of King Friedrich II (Frederick the Great), who was also the mastermind behind many of Potsdam's other fabulous parks and palaces. Miraculously, most survived WWII with nary a shrapnel wound. When the shooting stopped, the Allies chose Schloss Cecilienhof to host the Potsdam Conference of 1945 to lay the groundwork for Germany’s post-war fate.
Potsdam was the capital of Brandeburg and later Prussia, until it was replaced by Berlin. It was still used as a residence for the kings of Prussia when they wanted to get away from the big-city trouble (and potential rabble-rousers) in Berlin, and in a way it still has a similar function, as many well-to-do people from Berlin have either moved here or have bought a second residence here since reunification in 1990. Potsdam also serves as the capital of the Bundesland of Brandenburg, after an attempt to reunite Berlin and Brandenburg in a single Bundesland failed in the early 90s.
For most of its recent history Potsdam has not been accessible from the former West Berlin. The last station before the former GDR was Wannsee. Many of the buildings that are visible today have been reconstructed after the bombings of the Second World War and after the lax care of the East German Government. The city as we see it today is the work of five architects (After the Great Elector said: Das ganze Eyland muß ein Paradies werden [The whole island must become a paradise]): Peter Joseph Lenné, Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, Carl Phillipp Christian von Gontard, Karl Friedrich Schinkel and Friedrich Ludwig Persius, and of course King Frederick the Great and Emperor Wilhelm II.
Most attractions in the city are UNESCO World Heritage sites: Sanssouci Park and the Crown estate of Bornstedt, The New Garden (including the Pfingstberg and the Russian colony of Alxandrowka), Babelsberg Park and Sacrow Park. The suburb Babelsberg is home to the Media City Babelsberg (Medienstadt Babelsberg), an area joining movie and media people together. The film studio Babelsberg, the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg and other schools, radio and TV stations, a museum and an archive, an amusement park and much more is located there.
A lot to see in Potsdam such as :
Sanssouci
Sanssouci Park
New Palace
Cecilienhof
Glienicke Bridge
Pfaueninsel
New Garden, Potsdam
Chinese House
Orangery Palace
Brandenburg Gate
Babelsberg Park
Marmorpalais
Charlottenhof Palace
Glienicke Palace
Sanssouci Picture Gallery
Filmpark Babelsberg
Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg
Museum Barberini
Belvedere on the Pfingstberg
Bornstedt
Church of Peace, Potsdam
Heiliger See
Biosphäre Potsdam
Roman Baths
St. Nicholas' Church, Potsdam
Historic Mill of Sanssouci
Ruinenberg
Old Market Square, Potsdam
City Palace, Potsdam
Lustgarten
Volkspark Potsdam
Jungfernsee
Nauener Tor
Griebnitzsee
Döberitzer Heide
Belvedere auf dem Klausberg
Botanical Garden, Potsdam
Pfingstberg (Potsdam)
Filmmuseum Potsdam
Church of the Redeemer, Sacrow
Castle on Peacock Island
Einstein Tower
Militärhistorisches Museum Flugplatz Berlin-Gatow
Sacrower See
Neptune Grotto
Peter and Paul Church, Potsdam
Extavium
Flatow Tower in Babelsberg
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Temple of Friendship
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German Beauty. Sanssouci. Summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. Potsdam. Germany
Sanssouci is the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, in Potsdam, near Berlin. It is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart, it too is notable for the numerous temples and follies in the park. The palace was designed/built by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 to fulfill King Frederick's need for a private residence where he could relax away from the pomp and ceremony of the Berlin court. The palace's name emphasises this; it is a French phrase (sans souci), which translates as without concerns, meaning without worries or carefree, symbolising that the palace was a place for relaxation rather than a seat of power.
Poczdam - Potsdam - Pałac Charlottenhof - Schloss Charlottenhof - Niemcy
Poczdam - Potsdam - Pałac Charlottenhof - Schloss Charlottenhof - Niemcy
Charlottenhof Palace de Karl Schinkel. Magnificos Jardines - Berlin Potsdam -
The park area with its various buildings can be traced back to the 18th century. After it had changed hands several times, King Frederick William III of Prussia bought the land that borders the south of Sanssouci Park and gave it to his son Frederick William and his wife Elisabeth Ludovika for Christmas in 1825.
The Crown Prince charged the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel with the remodeling of an already existing farm house and the project was completed at low cost from 1826 through 1829. In the end, Schinkel, with the help of his student Ludwig Persius, built a small neo-classical palace on the foundations of the old farm house in the image of the old Roman villas.
With designs he created himself the artistically inclined Crown Prince participated in the planning process for the palace and surrounding park. He referred to this summer residence as Siam, which at the time was considered the Land of the Free, and to himself jokingly as the Siam House architect.
Officially the palace and park were named Charlottenhof in honor of Maria Charlotte von Gentzkow who had owned the property from 1790 to 1794.
The interior design of the ten rooms is still largely intact. The furniture, for the most part designed by Schinkel himself, is remarkable for its simple and cultivated style.
The palace's most distinctive room is the tent room fashioned after a Roman Caesar's tent. In the tent room both ceiling and walls are decorated with blue and white striped wallpaper and the window treatments and bed tent and coverings continue that design. The room was used as a bedroom for companions and guests.
The blue and white theme is continued throughout on the palace's window shutters, it seems, in deference to the Bavarian heritage of then crown princess Elisabeth.
Between 1835 and 1840 the explorer and world traveler Alexander von Humboldt was invited and stayed in the tent room during the summer months.
Park of Sanssouci highlights Potsdam / Germany HD
Frederick the Great had designed a terraced garden in the Park Sanssouci with exceptionally beautiful views. Especially on summer evenings you can enjoy the most spacious landscaped gardens on a long walk. Coming through the Green Gate in the park there soon Sanssouci castle on the hill in sight, past the historic mill, stone gate, Sicilian garden, orangery, paradise garden, botanical garden, we reached the New Palace and Mopke. Bring a lot of time, because almost everywhere there is something special to see.
Friedrich der Große hatte einen Terrassengarten im Park Sanssouci mit außergewöhnlich schönen Blick konzipiert. Besonders an den Sommerabenden kann man die großzügig angelegten Gärten bei ausgedehnten Spaziergängen besonders genießen. Kommt man durch das Grüne Tor in den Park hat man auch bald das Schloss Sanssouci auf dem Hügel im Blick, vorbei an der Historischen Mühle, Felsentor, Sizilianischer Garten, Orangerie, Paradiesgarten, Botanischer Garten erreichten wir das Neue Palais und Mopke. Bringen Sie viel Zeit mit, denn fast überall gibt es etwas Besonderes zu sehen.
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Charlottenhof Palace or Charlottenhof Manor is a former royal palace located southwest of Sanssouci Palace in Sanssouci Park at Potsdam, Germany.It is best known as the summer residence of Crown Prince Frederick William .Today it is maintained by the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg.
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Places to see in ( Potsdam - Germany ) Marmorpalais
Places to see in ( Potsdam - Germany ) Marmorpalais
Built in the early classicist style, the Marble Palace or Marmorpalais in Potsdam is located on the banks of the Heiligen See in the New Garden. Commissioned by Frederick William II, the palace was built between 1787 and 1792. It was designed by Carl von Gonthard and Carl Gotthard Langhans, who later also designed the Brandenburg Gate. Built as a private residence for the king, the Marble Palace has stunning views of the surrounding gardens and the River Havel, as well as Peacock Island.
The two-storey building resembles a square and is built with red brick. Its flat roof is crowned by a round pavilion, which offers wonderful views of Potsdam and the surrounding countryside. A stairway and gallery are accessible from the roof into the belvedere.
The palace’s name is derived from the grey and white Silesian marble used for decorative and structural elements on the façade. A large terrace with lateral stairways leads directly down to the lake. Under the terrace is the palace kitchen, which was built by Langhans between 1788 and 1790 to resemble partially buried temple ruins. An underground passage connects the kitchen with an artificial grotto on the ground floor of the palace, which was used in the summer as a dining room.
Frederick William II started work on extensions to the Marble Palace prior to his death in 1797. After his death, his son Frederick William III continued to the work. Designed by Michael Philipp Boumanns, the extensions to the Marble Palace consisted of two rectangular, single-storey wings that were connected with galleries in a quadrant. The colonnades in the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam were demolished in order to obtain the marble needed for the Arcades in the new wings.
Beginning in 1833, the Marble Palace served as residence for then Prince William, later Kaiser William I, and his wife Victoria Augusta. They lived in the palace until the Babelsberg Palace was completed in 1838. William’s brother Frederick William IV of Prussia commissioned Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse to design the interior of the Marble Palace’s two side wings. Work on the extensions was carried out from 1843 until 1848, when beautiful frescos in the arcades were added. Between 1881 and 1888, the future Kaiser William II lived in the Marble Palace. During this time, technical and sanitary facilities were updated in the buildings. Crown Prince Wilhelm and his wife Cecilie also lived in the palace from 1904 to 1917 before moving into the nearby Cecilienhof Palace.
In 1926, the Marble Palace was placed under the control of the Prussian Palace Department and was re-opened in 1932 as a museum. During World War II, the palace suffered serious damage when an incendiary bomb hit the north wing. A grenade also damaged the main building. After the war the building was used as an officers’ mess by Soviet troops and an Army Museum from 1961.
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Schloss Cecilienhof & Marble Palace, Potsdam, Germany
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Sanssouci Palace (Schloss Sanssouci) - Interior splendor ! Potsdam, Germany
If we had not paid the camera charge required, I would not have been able to get some of these wonderful photos taken of the stunning inside of Schloss Sanssouci (Sanssouci Palace). Located in Potsdam, Germany, it has often been called the Versailles of Germany because of it's opulent splendor and gardens/grounds.
It was worth paying the camera charge - it was one photo opportunity after another: statues and busts, wonderful furniture, chandeliers of all sizes, paintings and other artifacts. Some of the walls had carved wooden paneling depicting animals and other interesting motifs. I could go on and on, but see for yourself.
Normally we do video and slide show combination, but for this a simple slide show, along with music, highlights and displays the treasures to their best advantage.
Since this was King Frederick the Great's summer palace, emphasis with everything was on comfort and it shows in every room. The palace was used for parties and other entertainment.
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Potsdam West - Bahnfahrt Park Sanssouci Potsdam Charlottenhof
Potsdam West - Bahnfahrt Park Sanssouci Potsdam Charlottenhof
The Land of the Palaces: Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam, Germany
Sanssouci is the name of the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, in Potsdam, near Berlin. It is often counted among the German rivals of Versailles. While Sanssouci is in the more intimate Rococo style and is far smaller than its French Baroque counterpart, it too is notable for the numerous temples and follies in the park. The palace was designed by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff between 1745 and 1747 to fulfill King Frederick's need for a private residence where he could relax away from the pomp and ceremony of the Berlin court. The palace's name emphasises this; it is a French phrase (sans souci), which translates as without concerns, meaning without worries or carefree, symbolising that the palace was a place for relaxation rather than a seat of power. The palace is little more than a large single-storey villa—more like the Château de Marly than Versailles. Containing just ten principal rooms, it was built on the brow of a terraced hill at the centre of the park. The influence of King Frederick's personal taste in the design and decoration of the palace was so great that its style is characterised as Frederician Rococo, and his feelings for the palace were so strong that he conceived it as a place that would die with him. Because of a disagreement about the site of the palace in the park, Knobelsdorff was fired in 1746. Jan Bouman, a Dutch architect, finished the project.