Hermitage on the Potsdam Jungfernsee

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Hermitage on Jungfernsee, still without bark cladding (January 2008) ...
... and with bark cladding (November 2012)
Remnants of the base of the Hermitage (April 2005)

The hermitage on Potsdam's Jungfernsee , also known as the Hermitage , was created in 1796 by Friedrich Wilhelm II near the Cecilienhof in the New Garden on the promontory "Am Quapphorn" in Potsdam that protrudes into the Jungfernsee . The builders were Carl Gotthard Langhans and master carpenter Johann Gottlob David Brendel (1753–1803). It was a small wooden pavilion with no windows on an area of ​​about 7.3 × 5.7 meters. It received light only through a skylight in its thatched roof . The facade was completely clad with oak bark.

In contrast to the simple exterior, the interior was lavishly furnished. Black Brabant and white Italian marble were used for the floor by Heinrich Friedrich Kambly (1750–1801). In the middle of the room, a world map with marble inlay was embedded in the floor, which was possibly designed according to maps by Anton Friedrich Büsching or Johann Elert Bode . The wood-paneled walls showed images of astronomical measuring devices, the vaulted ceiling was painted with personifications of the eight planets. Plaster copies of ancient statues of the "Lykomedesgruppe" by Constantin Philipp Georg Sartori adorned the four corners of the room. The room was sparsely furnished with two tables and two blue silk-covered sofas.

The pavilion was completely demolished as a result of the construction of the wall in 1964, because the border with West Berlin ran in Jungfernsee a few meters from the pavilion. Parts of the interior could be secured and stored by the lock administration. After the fall of the Berlin Wall , the base that was preserved was restored in 1995/96, and the Hermitage was rebuilt on the old base in 2007, but initially without any interior work. The Rotary Club Potsdam financed the new building with donations. The cladding of the Hermitage with panels made of oak bark was completed in 2012. In 2018, some of the original floor tiles were discovered.

Web links

Commons : Hermitage (Neuer Garten Potsdam)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b U. Lehmann: Building history and demolition of the Hermitage in the “New Garden” in Potsdam ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). In: Restauro. 2004, ISSN 0933-4017, published by the Fraunhofer Information Center for Space and Building (IRB).
  2. ↑ a b Marble slabs found for the Hermitage in the New Garden. Märkische Allgemeine , November 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ on the Lykomedesgruppe see: The Lykomedesgruppe travels from Berlin to the New Palais in Potsdam. Press release on the Friederisiko exhibition in the New Palais, Potsdam, April 28 to October 28, 2012. Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg , March 29, 2012.
  4. ↑ Projects: 09/2012 Hermitage / New Garden / Potsdam - Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation. Roland Schulze Monument Preservation, Potsdam.
  5. ↑ cf. also: oak bark for the Hermitage and the bark kitchen in the New Garden. Press archive of the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, [2012].

Coordinates: 52 ° 25 '15.67 "  N , 13 ° 4' 39.18"  O