Bornstedt Crown Estate
This is Bornstedt an attraction in Potsdam- Bornstedt. It belongs to the ensemble of world-famous palaces and gardens of Potsdam Sanssouci, located at Bornstedter See, only 400 meters from the Sanssouci Palace.
The Well - a former seat of Crown Princess Victoria - is now fully restored and open to the public.
1664 acquired Elector of Brandenburg Bornstedter the manor. Until the reign of Frederick William I. a brewery and distillery were built on the site, from 1727 a hop garden, which was sacrificed 100 years later the Lenné'schen beautification plans.
The time between the Office Potsdam imputed estate was acquired in 1841 by Friedrich Wilhelm IV back and built from 1846 to 1848 after a fire in the Italian style from scratch. The designs for the architectural ensemble made Johann Heinrich Häberlin according to the specifications of the king. As of 1867, it became the residence of the Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm pair and Victoria. Emil Sello 1875 designed the garden in the English style new. After several modifications, the estate was from 1901 of Princess Feodora, a sister of the Empress Auguste Victoria, inhabited. You got it to use for life. In the following years it developed into a Bornstedt Künstlerhof with writers, literary circles and painters. The princess took the motives to their Impressionist paintings, among others, in the area of the crown estate.
In 1878, the merger was completed with the Crown Estate Gallin and the new Crown Estate received the designation Bornstedt - Gallin. In 1928, the parts of Bornstedt - Gallin were divided again.
The writer Eugen Diesel, son of Rudolf Diesel, who lived from 1925 to 1939 in the estate.
The GDR times with modern buildings overmolded ensemble was dismantled in 1999 and reconstructed. On 1 June 2001, the Crown Estate was opened. There are regular events and exhibitions, among others have been twice in 2005, the United Buddy Bears The Minis presented.
Pictures
Brewpub in Bornstedt (right)
Tower of the Protestant Church Bornstedter