Jagdschloss Glienicke
The Glienicke Hunting Lodge is located in the Berlin district of Wannsee, near the Glienicke Bridge and within sight of the castles Glienicke and Babelsberg. It was built in 1682-93 by Charles Philippe Dieussart for the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg. Under Frederick I, it was expanded in 1701 and embellished in the style of the French Baroque. The Soldier King Frederick William I was the hunting lodge Glienicke as a hospital for the Guards Regiment set up. Frederick the Great in 1763 donated it to the oilcloth and wallpaper manufacturer Isaac Joel Levin, who produced oilcloth wallpapers here. 1827 was the hunting lodge into the hands of William of Türk, in 1832 made an orphanage it. 1859 was Prince Charles of Prussia the castle for his son Frederick Charles by the court architect Ferdinand von Arnim rebuilt in the baroque- forms. 1889 Albert Geyer stopped on the middle wing and added a tower.
After 1919 began a decline of the castle. Only in 1939, the castle came into the possession of the city of Groß - Berlin. After the Second World War it was Hostel. First, however, a part of the Ufa - fundus had been outsourced to the castle. It was also shooting place of several families who had to leave because of the Potsdam Conference their homes in Babelsberg. Ernst Reuter sat down later for the repair of the hunting lodge. With the construction of the wall of the castle park was separated from its surroundings and was accessible only by the king street.
1963/64, the hunting lodge of Max Taut was converted into a youth center, where the two lower floors, a bay window glass was inserted. From 1964 to 2003, the castle was used as a youth center. In April 1997, the founding conference of the Berlin Institute for Critical Theory took place here. Since 2003, the Social Education Training Institute Berlin -Brandenburg uses the Glienicke Hunting Lodge. In addition, spare capacity and accommodation are also other educational institutions for conferences, seminars and workshops. On 31 March 2003, the south wing of the castle burned. Cause of the fire was an electrical fire. As the castle had no fire alarm and the water pressure out of the ring system of hydrants was not sufficiently high, there was a high loss underwent extensive restoration work required. The wood coffered ceilings and sandstone elements were incorporated.
The historically appropriate reconstruction began in November 2005. The topping out ceremony was held on 23 August 2006. Building owner was the Senate Department for Education, Science and Research. Cost point of the roof reconstruction: around 400,000 euros. In August 2008, the demolition of the Taut kitchen building took place. After the necessary organizational measures (financial, procurement, etc.) were completed, began in April 2009, the first remedial measures of the main building and the house on the water. The completion of construction and the re-opening was originally scheduled for April 2011. However, the construction work could be resumed in September 2011. Hotly debated how to get the built- Max Taut glass front or back should be built to the pre-existing neo-baroque facade again. This led to further delays. The dilapidated buildings of Taut 's bay window had to be replaced in many areas. End of October 2012 the renovation work could then be completed. A total of 14 million euros was spent, the bay cost 230,000 euros.
At Castle Park stretches over the Berlin Wall, which can be varied through the park a little. The largest part of the area around the Glienicke Hunting Lodge is accessible as a public park at any time of Klein-Glienicke or from Wannsee to the public. With the overhead doors in the course of the path is tried, the wild boar to make access to the park a little.
The castle is part of the UNESCO World Heritage List.