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Bank for the landscape park at Glienicke, which had come to the bank from the estate of Prince Frederick Leopold of Prussia, who died in 1931. For propaganda purposes, Lippert opened Glienicke Park as [...] family tradition”, Lippert openly threatened them with compulsory expropriation. Consequently, the great grandson of Prince Carl sold the palace and the hunting lodge in 1939 – likewise far below their actual

his new State Council. He clearly and symbolically intended to claim the legacy of King Frederick II – “the Great” ‒ for himself. In spring 1933, as Minister President of Prussia, he reorganized the Prussian [...] morning before, Prussian Minister President Hermann Göring had laid a laurel wreath on the tomb of Frederick II in the Garnisonkirche (Garrison Church) in Potsdam. Göring paid tribute to the Prussian king

Christine (1715 – 1797). Concerts and lectures will be dedicated to the life and work of Frederick the Great’s little-known wife. The court life of the queen will be commemorated with a presentation in

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

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

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

plants and the majestic structure in Italian Renaissance style indicate the great affection for Italy cherished by Frederick William IV. The complex was built between 1851 and 1864 to designs by Prussia’s [...] silk and mineral decoration. The heart of this palace complex is the Raphael Hall. Conceived by Frederick William IV as a museum space, the impressive roof-lit hall contains about 50 copies of paintings

been largely restored to their original form. The complex was substantially enlarged after Frederick the Great ascended the throne. In 1740 work began, to plans by Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff, on [...] 1788 and 1791. Frederick William III and his wife Queen Luise likewise favoured Charlottenburg as a summer residence. Luise occupied the former winter chambers of her father-in-law, Frederick William II, [...] with the baroque French style of Le Nôtre. There were major extensions and conversions here after Frederick I was crowned King of Prussia in 1701. Baroque interiors such as the Porcelain Room, the chapel

Royal Porcelain Manufactory (KPM), acquired by Frederick the Great in 1763. The Mausoleum , to the south-west of the Belvedere, was commissioned by Frederick William III to house the tomb of his lady consort [...] monument preservation. The Belvedere in the palace gardens formed part of the project commissioned by Frederick William II to redesign the park. The building, conceived by Karl Gotthard Langhans, was built in [...] The Mausoleum was first extended in 1841–1843 under Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse, after the death of Frederick William III himself, and then again around 1888–1894 to drawings by Albert Geyer, in order to i

served as a summer residence for the Prussian queen Elisabeth Christine, who was married to Frederick the Great. She commissioned Johan Michael Boumann senior in 1763/64 to build extensions and transform [...] home for General Joachim von Grumbkow, the core of which survives. Shortly afterwards, Elector Frederick III acquired the property, and he appointed Johann Friedrich Eosander von Göthe to work on it until

himself King of Prussia, Frederick I sought to express his new status by ordering the construction of stately baroque extensions and small buildings for court functions. Frederick the Great had the equipment

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