Das Jagdschloss des "Alten Fritz" -Hunting Seat of the "Old Fritz"
"Königs Wusterhausen" was a usual meadow village and named, before Friedrich William I. took it in possession, Wendisch Wusterhausen. With 10 years (1698) Friedrich William had gotten the old castle given by its parents. He likes the place more and more and rebuild the castle 1717/1718 into a simple hunting seat. which became the favourite residence of the king. The soldier king created here his body guard \"long chap\" and organized in the hunting seat its legendary \"Tabakskollequim\". That was a kind Schattenkabinet (shadow Cabinet) in which one over crude jokes did not only amuse themselves, but also make some important political decisions. In the Residence the king is to have signed also the death sentence Kattes, which help its son Friedrich also to the escape. (automatic text translation used)
After the second World War it was taken by the russian forces in East germany as an Commanding Post and was getting rodden till it was finishd rebuilding nearly 13 Years after the fall of the berlin wall. Today it is used as an art museum in wich also some pictures of the old Fritz are shown.
Königs Wusterhausen (or -Kings Wusterhausen-, the Town was renamend after the old Fritz was pleased with his hunting seat or Castle)is in the South / East of Berlin.
Greetings from Berlin Peter
The picture ist very dark, please look for the grey bar down at this page to adjust the monitor.
@leo like i mentioned in the text please check the monitor calibration with the grey bar down at the page. the picture ist very dark but there is a difference between the roof and the background this problem ist known to me and it was the monitor calibration all the time ! for the future i will take the picture a couple of minutes earlier 8-))
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