The small Charlottenhof palace and the park area around it is an outstanding example of romantic classicism in Germany, an artistic entity of buildings, gardens and landscape park.

 

Before 1825, the area that became the grounds of Charlottenhof Palace was covered by an agricultural estate. When it became the property of the crown prince, later the "romantic king" Friedrich Wilhelm IV, he developed plans to transform it and add it to the existing park of Sanssouci. He found congenial assistants in the famed architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and landscape architect Peter Joseph Lenné.

From 1826-1929, the former manor was transformed into a small palace of bourgeois proportions resembling a Roman villa reflecting in its plain interior the spirit of Biedermeier. An artificial terrace, a pond and a garden were added. The former agricultural and garden land was transformed into an English-style landscape park with broad areas of lawn, with groups of trees and artificial pools, opening up various axes of view to the New Palace and other buildings and sculptures of the park of Sanssouci.

Other buildings in the park and landscape are the Roman Baths, a group of buildings in the style of a Roman villa, the Hippodrome and the Pheasant House.

The palace tour includes rooms with their original early 19th-century furnishings and décor.

Contact:
Phone: +49 (0)331 96 94 200
Fax: +49 (0)331 96 94 107

Guided tours
May 15-October 15: Tuesday-Sunday from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays

Admission adults/children: €6.50/€5.50 per person