Babelsberg Palace

Babelsberg Palace (German: Schloss Babelsberg) lies in the eponymous park and quarter of Potsdam, the capital of the German state of Brandenburg, near Berlin. For over 50 years it was the summer residence of Prince William, later German Emperor William I and King of Prussia and his wife, Augusta of the House of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Empress and Queen of Prussia.

Babelsberg Palace
Schloss Babelsberg
Babelsberg Palace
Location in Berlin
General information
TypePalace
Architectural styleGothic revival
Town or cityPotsdam
CountryGermany
Coordinates52.407°N 13.093°E / 52.407; 13.093
Construction started1835
Completed1849
ClientPrince (later Emperor)
William I
OwnerStiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
Design and construction
ArchitectKarl Friedrich Schinkel
Ludwig Persius
Johann Heinrich Strack
Website
Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten
Part ofPalaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
CriteriaCultural: (i), (ii), (iv)
Reference532ter
Inscription1990 (14th session)
Extensions1992, 1999

History

The building, designed in the English Gothic revival style, was built in two phases over the period 1835–1849. The contract to plan the palace was given to the architects Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Ludwig Persius and Johann Heinrich Strack.

On 22 September 1862 in the palace and adjoining park the discussion between King William I of Prussia and Otto von Bismarck took place that ended with the nomination of Bismarck as Minister President and Foreign Minister of Prussia.

The architecture of Babelsberg Palace formed the template for the construction of Kittendorf Palace between 1848 and 1853 in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, by Schinkel's pupil, Friedrich Hitzig.

World Heritage Site

Since 1990, Babelsberg Palace has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin". The palace is administered by the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg.

Since 2013, the palace has been undergoing an intense renovation of its facades and interiors.

The palace around 1900


  • Archangel Michael
  • Eagle and vulture devouring a deer
  • Palace Tower
  • The Palace of Prince Wilhelm at Babelsberg by Carl Daniel Freydanck, 1838

See also

References
  • Amtlicher Führer der Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg: Park und Schloss Babelsberg. 3rd edition, 1999
  • Gert Streidt, Klaus Frahm: Potsdam. Die Schlösser und Gärten der Hohenzollern. Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. Cologne, 1996. ISBN 3-89508-238-4
  • Georg Poensgen: Schloss Babelsberg. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin 1929.

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