Charlottenhof Palace
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| Charlottenhof Palace | |
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Schloss Charlottenhof | |
 Charlottenhof Palace | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Palace |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| Town or city | Potsdam |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 52°23′42″N13°01′30″E/ 52.395°N 13.025°E |
| Construction started | 1826 |
| Completed | 1829 |
| Client | Frederick William IV of Prussia |
| Owner | Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Karl Friedrich Schinkel Ludwig Persius |
| Website | |
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| Part of | Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iv) |
| Reference | 532ter |
| Inscription | 1990 (14thSession) |
| Extensions | 1992, 1999 |
Charlottenhof PalaceorCharlottenhof Manor(German:Schloss Charlottenhof) is a former royal palace located southwest ofSanssouci PalaceinSanssouci ParkatPotsdam,Germany.[1]It is best known as the summer residence of Crown Prince Frederick William (later KingFrederick William IV of Prussia). Today it is maintained by thePrussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg.
Location
[edit]Charlottenhof Palace and its surrounding park are located in theBrandenburger Vorstadtdistrict ofPotsdam'sWestliche Vorstädteborough. Being located adjacent toSanssouci Park,it is part of theBerlin-Potsdam Palaces and Parkssystem.
Transport
[edit]The palace is located between thePotsdam-Park SanssouciandPotsdam-Charlottenhofrailway stations, both offering directDB Regio regional railconnections toPotsdam Central StationandBerlin Central Station.
SeveralPotsdam Tramlines connect the palace to central Potsdam atSchloss CharlottenhofandBahnhof Charlottenhof/Geschwister-Scholl-Straßestations.
Overview
[edit]The park area with its various buildings can be traced back to the 18th century. After it had changed hands several times, KingFrederick William III of Prussiabought the land that borders the south ofSanssouci Parkand gave it to his son Frederick William and his wifeElisabeth LudovikaforChristmasin 1825.
The Crown Prince charged the architectKarl Friedrich Schinkelwith 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 studentLudwig Persius,built a smallNeoclassicalpalace on the foundations of the old farm house in the image of aRoman 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".
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 theBavarianheritage of then crown princess Elisabeth.
Between 1835 and 1840 the explorer and world travelerAlexander von Humboldtwas invited and stayed in the tent room during the summer months.
Charlottenhof Park
[edit]The landscape architectPeter Joseph Lennéwas 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 atSanssoucifrom the time ofFrederick the Great.
World Heritage Site
[edit]Since 1990, Charlottenhof Palace has been part of the UNESCOWorld Heritage Site"Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin".The palace is administered by theStiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg.
See also
[edit]- List of sights of Potsdam
- List of castles in Berlin and Brandenburg
- Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
References
[edit]- ^"Charlottenhof Palace".Accidentally Wes Anderson.Retrieved2021-04-19.
- Wolfgang Fabian:Potsdam. Die Stadt-Die Könige und ihre Bewohner.Vision Verlag, Berlin 1997,ISBN3-928787-15-2.
- Paul Sigel, Silke Dähmlow, Frank Seehausen und Lucas Elmenhorst, Architekturführer Potsdam – Architectural Guide, Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2006,ISBN3-496-01325-7.
- Gert Streidt, Klaus Frahm.Potsdam. Die Schlösser und Gärten der Hohenzollern.Könemann Verlagsgesellschft mbH, Köln 1996ISBN3-89508-238-4.
External links
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- 1829 establishments in Prussia
- Houses completed in 1829
- Buildings and structures in Potsdam
- Castles in Brandenburg
- Palaces in Brandenburg
- Karl Friedrich Schinkel buildings
- Royal residences in Brandenburg
- Prussian cultural sites
- Museums in Potsdam
- Historic house museums in Germany
- World Heritage Sites in Germany
- Frederick William IV of Prussia