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Glienicke is centrally located within the Potsdam-Berlin park landscape on the first major Prussian avenue, the Bundesstraße 1, the construction of which began in 1790. It connects the royal residences of Berlin to those of Potsdam which significantlly increases the value and importance of this area.In 1814, the Prussian chancellor, Prince Carl August von Hardenberg, acquired the country manor.
In 1816 Peter Joseph Lenné was commissioned to turn the country estate into a leisure area. Lenné, who would later become the royal garden director, designed an area full of nature with playful paths and unexpected vistas of Potsdam, Babelsberg Palace, Sacrow, Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island) and the Havel Lakes.
In 1824 Prince Carl of Prussia overtook ownership of the estate and commissioned Lenné to turn the area into a park. Inspired by the English, Lenné divided Glienicke into flowergardens, leisure areas and park all joined together by a circular path around the perimeter of the park. At the same time Friedrich Schinkel built the casino, a summer house for guests, and turned the country manor into a small Neoclassical palace. Through the works of both Schinkel and Lenné Glienicke became a model for the synthesis of architectural and landscape design.
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