Berlin, Pfaueninsel: Kavaliershaus - Berlin, Peacock Island: Cavalier House
Das Kaverliershaus wurde schon 1804 errichtet, 1824/25 erweitert. Es diente zur Unterbringung der Gäste und des Dienstpersonals. Seit 1825 wird es auch das Danziger Haus genannt, da die verzierenden Fassadenteile aus Danzig von einem dortigen Haus mittels
Lastkähnen zur Pfaueninsel gebracht wurden. Bereits vorher (vor 1480) sollen diese Fassadenteile schon in Nürnberg (seit 1360) ein Haus verziert haben, und zuvor in Venedig hergestellt worden sein soll. Die Bausubstanz des Kavaliershauses ist heute schlecht, eine Sanierung für dien nächsten Jahre angekündigt. Das Haus wird heute von zwei Familien
bewohnt und kann daher nicht innen besichtigt werden. (Quelle: www.berliner-verkehrsseiten.de/pfaueninsel/ )
The Cavalier House was built as early as 1804 and extended in 1824/25. It served as accommodation for guests and service personnel. Since 1825 it has also been called the Dantzig House, because the decorative façade parts were removed from a house in there and brought to Peacock Island by barges. It is said that these parts of the façade had already decorated a house in Nuremberg (since 1360), and that they had previously been made in Venice. The building condition of the Cavalier House is poor today, a renovation is announced for the next years. Today two families live in the house.
(Source: www.berliner-verkehrsseiten.de/pfaueninsel/ )
The gardening and architectural design of 67-hectare Peacock Island began at the end of the 18th century under King Frederick William II and his mistress Wilhelmine Encke. They had the small summer palace and a dairy constructed in a picturesque building style resembling a monastery gone to ruin, based on English and French models, with references to an ancient Roman style as well.
Modeled on islands in the South Pacific discovered approximately 20 years before, exotic trees and plants gradually took root on this island – as did the colorful peacocks and menagerie completing the exoticism of Peacock Island. However, most of its animals were given to the zoological garden in Berlin in 1842, which led to the foundation of the current zoo.
Later, during the era of Queen Luise, the island was transformed into an aesthetically stylized ornamental mock farm, but with farming practices intended to yield profits at the same time. The project was abandoned shortly thereafter, and Peter Joseph Lenné designed a picturesque landscape park in its place.
Today, Peacock Island – its palace, dairy and the other park buildings, its charming footpaths with beautiful views, nearly 400 old oaks and the oldest rose garden in Berlin – is a popular destination for leisurely strolls in peaceful surroundings. The island is part of the UNESCO World Heritage and is a protected flora and fauna habitat.
Peacock Island is a world-renowned example of garden design. Please help us to maintain the park as a place of culture and recreation.
www.spsg.de/en/palaces-gardens/object/peacock-island/
Berlin, Pfaueninsel: Kavaliershaus - Berlin, Peacock Island: Cavalier House
Das Kaverliershaus wurde schon 1804 errichtet, 1824/25 erweitert. Es diente zur Unterbringung der Gäste und des Dienstpersonals. Seit 1825 wird es auch das Danziger Haus genannt, da die verzierenden Fassadenteile aus Danzig von einem dortigen Haus mittels
Lastkähnen zur Pfaueninsel gebracht wurden. Bereits vorher (vor 1480) sollen diese Fassadenteile schon in Nürnberg (seit 1360) ein Haus verziert haben, und zuvor in Venedig hergestellt worden sein soll. Die Bausubstanz des Kavaliershauses ist heute schlecht, eine Sanierung für dien nächsten Jahre angekündigt. Das Haus wird heute von zwei Familien
bewohnt und kann daher nicht innen besichtigt werden. (Quelle: www.berliner-verkehrsseiten.de/pfaueninsel/ )
The Cavalier House was built as early as 1804 and extended in 1824/25. It served as accommodation for guests and service personnel. Since 1825 it has also been called the Dantzig House, because the decorative façade parts were removed from a house in there and brought to Peacock Island by barges. It is said that these parts of the façade had already decorated a house in Nuremberg (since 1360), and that they had previously been made in Venice. The building condition of the Cavalier House is poor today, a renovation is announced for the next years. Today two families live in the house.
(Source: www.berliner-verkehrsseiten.de/pfaueninsel/ )
The gardening and architectural design of 67-hectare Peacock Island began at the end of the 18th century under King Frederick William II and his mistress Wilhelmine Encke. They had the small summer palace and a dairy constructed in a picturesque building style resembling a monastery gone to ruin, based on English and French models, with references to an ancient Roman style as well.
Modeled on islands in the South Pacific discovered approximately 20 years before, exotic trees and plants gradually took root on this island – as did the colorful peacocks and menagerie completing the exoticism of Peacock Island. However, most of its animals were given to the zoological garden in Berlin in 1842, which led to the foundation of the current zoo.
Later, during the era of Queen Luise, the island was transformed into an aesthetically stylized ornamental mock farm, but with farming practices intended to yield profits at the same time. The project was abandoned shortly thereafter, and Peter Joseph Lenné designed a picturesque landscape park in its place.
Today, Peacock Island – its palace, dairy and the other park buildings, its charming footpaths with beautiful views, nearly 400 old oaks and the oldest rose garden in Berlin – is a popular destination for leisurely strolls in peaceful surroundings. The island is part of the UNESCO World Heritage and is a protected flora and fauna habitat.
Peacock Island is a world-renowned example of garden design. Please help us to maintain the park as a place of culture and recreation.
www.spsg.de/en/palaces-gardens/object/peacock-island/