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Babelsberg Palace

Built in the English neo-Gothic style, Babelsberg Palace is located in Babelsberg Park on the banks of the river Havel.

Mit diesem Alleinstellungsmerkmal ist das Baudenkmal im Park Babelsberg in Potsdam auch für historisch interessierte Gäste sehenswert, die diese Zeitebene an nur wenigen authentischen Orten besichtigen können.

Weitere Stationen bei einem Spaziergang durch den Park Babelsberg in Potsdam sind das Kleine Schloss und das Dampfmaschinenhaus am Ufer der Havel, der Flatowturm, die Gerichtslaube, der Marstall und das Matrosenhaus.

Nach umfänglicher Sanierung erstrahlen seit 2016 die Fassade des Potsdamer Schlosses und die Terrassenanlagen wieder in altem Glanz.

a. They also focus on William‘s military successes as a Prussian prince, king and emperor. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the area around the northern bank, which had been heavily damaged by border fortifications, could be restored. Babelsberg Palace is currently undergoing major renovations.

Babelsberg Park is a world-renowned example of garden design.

Dazu zählen u. The creation of the grounds began in 1833, commissioned by Crown Prince William (later Emperor William I) and his wife Augusta, and owes its design to two important landscape architects: Peter Joseph Lenné and Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau.

Richly decorated garden terraces enhance the surroundings of the neo-Gothic Babelsberg Palace, which is adjoined by a pleasure ground with ornamental shrubs, flower gardens and fountains.

Later it became a university for film and television. The first palace built from 1833 to 1835, which only had the size of a small cottage, was created by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

In 1840 Prince William's duties of representation increased as he was appointed to the throne. Die Terrassen sollen – nach dem Bekunden des Gartenarchitekten Hermann Fürst von Pückler-Muskau – wie „Schlossräume unter freiem Himmel“ wirken.

New vistas of the Havel River landscape and the silhouette of the city of Potsdam open up along the numerous footpaths in the park. Thus, the victory column, a sign of Prussia‘s victorious hegemony, was erected on the highest point of the Babelsberg grounds. Babelsberg Palace and its park were built for Prince William of Prussia and his wife Princess Augusta of Saxony-Weimar.

An artificial water system irrigates the plants and artificial lakes, waterfalls and streams in the park.

Babelsberg‘s diverse monuments are not just charming sights to be enjoyed while strolling taking a stroll through the park. Über einen Zeitraum von mehr als 50 Jahren verbrachte das spätere Königs- und Kaiserpaar hier seine Sommertage.

Der erste Bauabschnitt wurde im Auftrag von Wilhelm, damals noch Prinz, in den Jahren 1834 bis 1835 nach Plänen von Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781 bis 1841) errichtet.