Bavarian house
The Bavarian House is a building in the Potsdam Wildlife Park that is now used as a hotel. It was built on behalf of Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In 1847.
Located on the northern slope of the Schäfereiberges, it was a present for the wife of the Prussian King, Princess Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria , who was probably longing for her old home. The hill plateau, which was not forested at the time, offered a wide view of the Havel landscape. The building was erected by the chief building officer Ludwig Ferdinand Hesse , who was also responsible for the Belvedere on the Pfingstberg . After the First World War, the house was leased to an innkeeper. During the Olympic Games in 1936 , the heavyweight world champion Max Schmeling was one of the guests. In 1939, the Air Force High Command was set up in the wildlife park , so the nearby excursion restaurant had to be closed. After the Second World War, furniture and objets d'art were captured by the Soviet Union and transported there. The building was later used as a forestry apprentice residence. From 1985 the Bavarian House was converted into a guest house on behalf of the SED district management. Various additional buildings were built. The Bavarian House is now a four-star superior hotel and is offered on the portal of the Relais & Châteaux association, which almost exclusively presents luxury hotels and restaurants. The Friedrich Wilhelm restaurant has been awarded a Michelin star since 2014 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 22 ′ 24.6 ″ N , 12 ° 58 ′ 59 ″ E