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expression of Frederick William’s claim to power. The statue portraying the Elector Frederick William was commissioned by his son, Elector Frederick III, who in 1701 became King Frederick I in Prussia. [...] Frederick William, the Elector of Brandenburg, is shown seated upon his horse like a god, with his head held high and no stirrups. This statue once stood on the bridge known as the Lange Brücke (now R [...] Kingdom of Prussia. In the interim, these representations have also been associated with Elector Frederick William’s role in European colonial politics. As the founder of the Brandenburgisch-Afrikanische

subsequently the New Chambers, Frederick the Great’s guest palace. They had a significant influence on Frederician Rococo. King Frederick William II, Frederick the Great’s successor, commissioned the first [...] early 20th centuries by the Hohenzollern courts in Berlin and Potsdam. From the era of the Great Elector, Frederick William, only a few carved and decorated Baroque sculptural pieces survive, such as the [...] can be seen in Oranienburg, although they were initially acquired by the Great Elector for the Berlin Palace. Under Elector Frederick III (from 1701 King in Prussia), furniture with chinoiserie lacquer work

Berlin Palace and Breslau Palace (now the Royal Palace in Wrocław) are deemed war losses.Frederick the Great placed great importance on the bindings of his books. The volumes are primarily bound in red goat [...] It is based on the 1914 catalogue by Bogdan Krieger, Friedrich der Große und seine Bücher (Frederick the Great and His Books), and has been provisionally edited. The Library of Queen Luise The book collection [...] libraries are presented as museum objects and are not intended for public use. The Libraries of King Frederick II The library rooms at Sanssouci Palace, the New Palace, and Charlottenburg Palace hold the largest

built from 1651 for the first wife of the Great Elector (1620–1688), Louise Henriette (1627–1667), born a Princess of Orange. Her son, the future King Frederick I, had the residence extended and magnificently [...] experienced a second heyday under Prince August William of Prussia (1722–1758), a brother of Frederick the Great. Following a dramatic sequence of uses, some with dire implications, the palace museum of [...] magnificently appointed from 1689 by architects Johann Arnold Nering and Johann Frederick Eosander. Around 1700 it was considered to be the Prussian monarchy’s finest residence. In the mid-18th century it e

in historical preservation was broken. After more than a hundred years, the Marble Hall of Frederick the Great’s summer residence once again became the scene of a festive dinner. Only once before, subsequent [...] ional room of the vineyard palace. The dinner was oriented to the culinary preferences of Frederick the Great: guinea fowl as the hors d’oeuvre, pikeperch as the main course and fruit preserves from the [...] dessert. After the meal, the president and the chancellor descended the outside staircase to the Great Fountain. There Brandenburg’s minister-president Stolpe awaited them at a table where Bill Clinton

Chamber at Oranienburg Palace. Ornate objects and table silver from the era of the Great Elector, Frederick III/I, and Frederick William I produced by leading goldsmiths in Berlin and Augsburg are displayed [...] the Younger for Frederick II. Silver objects from Frederick William II are exhibited, as well as the table centerpieces and tableware designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel for Frederick William III and Prince [...] remaining objects of the Prussian crown jewels, including the crowns and imperial insignias, and Frederick the Great’s collection of opulent snuff boxes (on loan from the House of Hohenzollern). What was left

royal box was superfluous, because Frederick preferred to follow the proceedings from in front of the orchestra pit or from a seat in the third row. Frederick the Great’s successors only used the New Palace [...] intended to reflect Prussia’s political power after the Seven Years War. Between 1763 and 1769, Frederick the Great had the New Palace, or Neues Palais, set at the far western end of the main avenue, as a grand [...] Palace for festive occasions or theatre productions. Not until Kaiser Frederick III in 1859 did a monarch reside here regularly in summer. His son William II made the New Palace his principal residence, adding

For some years, many studies have concentrated on the 18th century, primarily on the era of Frederick the Great. Research also focuses on the cultural legacy of the monarchy in the modern age. Investigative

associated with Frederick the Great when he was a Crown Prince and with the life of his brother Prince Henry. After years of bitter conflict between father and son, “Soldier King” Frederick William I granted [...] granted 22-year-old Frederick permission to run Rheinsberg as his official seat. By this time, the Crown Prince had married Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Bevern. The existing Renaissance building on the [...] Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff from 1737. At a comfortable distance from his strict father, Frederick created the “court of Muses”, where for the first time in his life he was able to pursue his artistic

Picture Gallery of Sanssouci Potsdam, Sanssouci Park Frederick the Great was a passionate collector of paintings. He filled his apartments with them, not very unlike his contemporaries. However, his idea [...] “Doubting Thomas”, one of the key attractions in today’s collection, was a later addition. Frederick the Great himself disdained paintings of “scoundrel saints who get martyred”. Although the King had adequate

equestrian statue of the “Great Elector” at Charlottenburg Palace. Located in front of Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin, the equestrian statue of the "Great Elector" Frederick William of Brandenburg (1620–1688) [...] A total of sixty-nine artists from various countries, including Belgium, Germany, France, Ghana, Great Britain, Canada, Austria and the USA, submitted proposals. From these submissions, a five-person jury [...] to the planned intervention: four high pedestals made of wood encircle the equestrian statue of Frederick William and the chained figures at its base. Here the artist thematises Brandenburg's involvement

at court around 1700. Schloss Caputh thrived again under Elector Frederick III, who became King Frederick I of Prussia in 1701. Frederick William I used Caputh for hunting jaunts, and around 1720 he had [...] both electors and kings. The early baroque palace is the only palace from the age of the Great Elector Frederick William of Brandenburg to have survived in the cultural landscape around Potsdam. Built in