Charlottenburg

About Charlottenburg - presentation, information, photos and recommendations

Sophie Charlotte, the first Queen of Prussia, was not only an accomplished musician, singing harpsichord and singing Italian opera, but also walked on the field here with her friend, renowned scholar and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. When Sophie Charlotte died, at just 36 years old, the palace and the surrounding area were named after Charlottenburg. Today, it is the largest and most magnificent palace in Berlin - a landmark for any visitor to Berlin.
Sophie Charlotte of Hannover was the younger sister of George Louis of Hannover, who succeeded to the British throne as George I.
Sophie Charlotte was not the only Prussian queen to leave her mark on Charlottenburg - as was Queen Louise, who was widely revered by the general population. She died in 1810 and is buried in the mausoleum with her husband, Friedrich Wilhelm III and her son. During the nineteenth century, Charlottenburg Palace was gradually forgotten by royal rulers. Since 1880, it was no longer classified as a royal residence, and the grounds were open to the public. In World War II, the palace was badly damaged, although it was later rebuilt.
In Neuer Flügel (new wing), you can view staterooms and the rococo ballroom known as the Goldene Gallery. The silver vault includes quite amazing tableware made of gold, silver, glass and porcelain displayed on the tables. About 100 table services survived intact, a vivid reminder of the greatness of the table in court. The impressive display of the remaining pieces from the jewels of the Prussian crown, complete with imperial emblems, as well as personal treasures, such as elaborate, refined snuffboos collected by Friedrich the Great, are also worth seeing. The porcelain cabinet in the Old Palace - reopened on October 1, 2017 - offers an amazing collection of the best blue-white porcelain that decorates the entire room.
The Charlottenburg Palace Park and grounds were designed by French landscape architect Siméon Godeau, a pupil of André le Nôtre, the principal gardener of Louis XIV of France at Versailles - the model emulated by all the gardens of European courts in the Baroque era. But patterns in spatial planning have changed over the years, and successors Sophie Charlotte have redesigned the land in the fashion of their day - as an English-style park. Highlights of the park are the mausoleum, the Belvedere tea house and the Neuer Pavilion, a small neo-classical house modeled on a Neapolitan villa.
The mausoleum - Queen Louise was much loved by her subjects - and was deeply mourned when she died in 1810, at just 34 years old. For the "queen of hearts" of her time, King Friedrich Wilhelm III, her husband, had a mausoleum resembling a classical temple built in the Park. He also commissioned the leading sculptor of the German figure, Christian Daniel Rauch, to carve an impressive funeral sculpture of Louise to decorate his sarcophagus. Friedrich Wilhelm married again, about fourteen years later, but since his second wife came from a low-ranking noble family, she was kept more or less removed from court life. When she died in 1873, she was buried in the crypt enclosed in the mausoleum, under the antechamber, without a memorial memorial and not even a memorial tablet.

Charlottenburg | With elegant antebellum buildings and luxury boutiques, the western Charlottenburg neighborhood is known for its elegant atmosphere. The Kurfürstendamm shopping boulevard is bordered by hotels and department stores

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