- Jagdschloss Glienicke
Jagdschloss Glienicke is a small German hunting lodge in
Berlin-Wannsee nearGlienicke Bridge . TheGlienicke Palace and Babelsberg Palace can be seen nearby. It was begun in1682 byCharles Philippe Dieussart forFrederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and completed in1693 during the reign ofFrederick William I of Prussia .Frederick I of Prussia used it as a lazaret. In 1763,Frederick II of Prussia gave it as a present to Isaac Levin Joel, a wallpaper and carpet maker who used it for wallpaper manufacture. From 1827, it was owned byWilhelm von Türk , who turned it into an orphanage in 1832. In 1859,Prince Charles of Prussia hired the court architectFerdinand von Arnim to renovate the castle inNeo-baroque style for his sonPrince Frederick Charles of Prussia . In 1889,Albert Geyer expanded the central block of the building and added a tower.In 1939, the castle came into possession of the city of
Berlin . AfterWorld War II , the castle first became a facility of the Soviet army, then a youth hostel. In between, it was used as a storing location forUniversum Film AG . Additionally, many families found a new home there after the Russians cleared out Berlin andNeubabelsberg . One of the families was the family of an ex-mayor of Berlin. In 1963/64,Max Taut rebuilt the castle by adding a glass bay to the two lower floors. Between 1964 and 2003, the castle was used as a youth meeting place. Since 2003, the castle is home of the Sozialpädagogische Fortbildung Jagdschloss Glienicke.The castle is a
UNESCO -World Heritage Site .On
March 31, 2003 , the south wing of the castle caught fire caused by faulty wiring. [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/04/02/wfire02.xml Fire destroys roof of world heritage site hunting lodge] , The Telegraph, April 1, 2003.] Because the castle had no fire alarm and its water intakes had become clogged with silt, the resulting damage was particularly severe and has yet to be fully repaired. A rebuilt in line with accepted conservation practice began in November 2005. The topping-out ceremony was onAugust 23 ,2006 . The awarding authority was the Senate Office For Education, Science and Research. The price for the rebuilding of the roof was approximately €400.000.References
External links
*
* [http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/cgi-bin/hidaweb/getdoc.pl?LIST_TPL=lda_list.tpl;DOK_TPL=lda_doc.tpl;&KEY=obj%2009075492 Memorials in Berlin]
* [http://www.sfjg.de Sozialpädagogische Fortbildung Jagdschloss Glienicke]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
