Rheinsberg Palace
Rheinsberg Palace | |
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Schloss Rheinsberg | |
Frederician Rococo | |
Location | Rheinsberg, Germany |
Coordinates | 53°5′55″N 12°53′22″E / 53.09861°N 12.88944°E |
Owner | Berlin-Brandenburg Foundation for Prussian Palaces and Gardens |
Rheinsberg Palace (
The palace on the eastern shore of the
History
In the
Frederick William in turn gave it to his son, Crown Prince Frederick, later King
Frederick himself always described his years at Rheinsberg Palace as the "happiest of his life". His time in Rheinsberg ended in 1740 with his accession to the throne.
Four years later he gave it to his younger brother
Langhans stayed in Rheinsberg for a few weeks in 1766, and had made plans for Prince Henry, which were implemented in subsequent years by his building director, Carl Wilhelm Hennert. In 1774, Prince Henry had the palace theater attached to the cavalier house. He brought in traveling drama groups and even performed operas with an improvised orchestra.[1]
In 1785/86, Bouman built the two pavilions at the castle, which Langhans probably tore down. The Rheinsberg obelisk erected in the early 1790s on the opposite bank of the lake within sight of the palace was intended to honor the memory of Frederick II's and Henry's brother Prince Augustus William of Prussia, who had fallen out of favor, as well as of many officers close to Henry and some of whom were also little appreciated by the king, who in his opinion had rendered outstanding services in the Silesian wars. Henry had the names of these little appreciated officers immortalized on commemorative plaques on the obelisk.
Henry had also his tomb built in the form of a broken pyramid in the garden while he was still alive, in which he was buried after his death in 1802. Henry wrote the French inscription himself.
The palace rose to literary fame when it was described by
During
External links
- Berlin-Brandenburg Foundation for Prussian Palaces and Gardens
- Rheinsberg Chamber Opera
- Kurt Tucholsky Literaturmuseum
- Interaktive Panorama photography of Rheinsberg Palace
- Material on Rheinsberg Palace in the Duncker Collection at the Berlin Central and State Library (pdf; 283kB)
Literature
- Theodor Fontane: Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, Vol. 1 (County of Ruppin) "Rheinsberg"
- Andrew Hamilton: Rheinsberg. Das Schloß, der Park, Kronprinz Friedrich und Bruder Heinrich. Selected and edited by Franz Fabian. Based on a translation from English by Rudolf Dielitz (first published in London in 1872), Aufbau Verlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-351-02111-9
- Ludwig Sternaux: Mein kleines Sanssouci. Schloß Rheinsberg und seine Erinnerungen, Hahn's Erben, Berlin 1936
- Generaldirektion der Staatlichen Schlösser und Gärten Potsdam-Sanssouci (Hrsg.): Rheinsberg : Eine märkische Residenz des 18. Jahrhunderts. Ausstellung vom 21. - 29. Juni 1985 im Schloss Rheinsberg (= Katalog der Ausstellung zur 650-Jahrfeier der Stadt Rheinsberg 1985, Gestaltung: Herbert Sander), Generaldirektion der Staatlichen Schlösser und Gärten Potsdam-Sanssouci, Potsdam 1990
- ISBN 3-363-00554-7
- Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg (eds.): Schloß Rheinsberg. Amtlicher Führer der Stiftung Schlösser und Gärten Potsdam-Sanssouci, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam 1993