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The Ruinenberg, the Nordic Garden and Sicilian Garden, and the Potentestück
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Das runde Mittelstück des Sizililianischen Gartens |
Die Viehtränke und die Kulisse des Ruinenberges nördlich vom Schloss |
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Expansions in Sanssouci Park Under Frederick the Great's Successors
In order to supply water to the many fountains planned for the park, Frederick II built a large water resevoir in the elevated area facing Sanssouci Palace in 1748. The area around the water resevoir was decorated with artificial ruins after which the area was named; Ruinenberg (Mount of Ruins).
It was however, not until the reign of Friedrich Wilhelm IV that it became possible to supply the fountains with water from the Havel river. A steam powered pumpstation which was required to pump the water from the Havel river to the fountains was built on the banks of the river in the style of a mosque. Friedrich Wilhelm IV also planned a "Triumph Avenue" for which the Orangery Palace, built by Friedrich August Stüler and Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse, served as the main focal point.
To the southwest of the Ruinenberg lays the Sicilian Garden which was created after 1856. Opposite the Sicilian Garden is the Nordic Garden filled with densly planted conifers. The construction of the Nordric Garden was completed prior to 1860. Both gardens were designed by Peter Joseph Lenné.
In 1904, under Wilhelm II, Georg Potente began work on a garden complex inspired by the Northern Landscape. It was located between the Orangery Palace and the Belvedere on the "Klausberg". It was completed in 1908 and was given the name "Potentestück" (Potente's work).
Since 1995 the garden administration has been carrying out a systematic restoration of the garden path network as well as the groves. The exedra, a semi-circular seating area, was also restored with funding from the Freunde der Preußischen Schlösser und Gärten e.V. (Friends of the Prussian Castles and Garden Association) . The recontruction of the cascade water feature was funded by the Brandenburgische Unternehmerverband (The Brandenburg Business Association).
Contact:
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Visitor's Center at the Historic Windmill
Postfach 60 14 62
14414 Potsdam
Tel. +49 (0)331.96 94-200
Fax +49 (0)331.96 94-107
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