Unpeace building
The Unfriedtbau (or Friedrichsbau) was the baroque southeast wing of the Königsberg Palace , which was intended for the residence of the Prussian king. The premises could be visited. The name of the wing was derived from its master builder Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt .
history
After the coronation of Frederick I as "King in Prussia", the Königsberg Palace was to be adapted to the increased need for representation. It was planned to convert the east wing into a baroque three-wing complex. The renovation began in 1705. Until the death of Friedrich I in 1713, however, only the southern construction section was completed. His successor Friedrich Wilhelm I stopped work in the same year.
description
The actual living rooms and the smaller representative rooms of the Königsberg Palace were located on the second floor of the unrest building.
- Frederick I's birth room: The ten square meter room was made by Jakob Binck in the years 1544–1547 under Duke Albrecht . All walls and ceilings were paneled with wood and decorated with marquetry. The filigree sandstone fireplace is said to have been the work of the sculptor Cornelius Floris. During the time of the monarchy, the room was only shown to visitors on request.
- Chamber of the Order of the Black Eagle : The leather wallpaper and fresco supraporten , from the early Rococo period , showed Italian landscapes with ancient ruins. The symbol of the Black Eagle Order, a star, was depicted with a figural chain in relief frieze. The knights of the order met here and in the castle church. Furthermore, the royal apartments were shown, the living rooms of the monarch: work, bedroom and dressing rooms.
- Throne room: On the walls were the portraits of all deceased Prussian kings: Friedrich I. , Friedrich Wilhelm I. , Friedrich II. , Friedrich Wilhelm II. , Friedrich Wilhelm III. , Friedrich Wilhelm IV. , Wilhelm I. , Friedrich III. The picture of Wilhelm II was no longer added. The throne chair was vaulted with a canopy ; on the floor lay carpets depicting Trakehner horses.
Other rooms were ancestral hall, mirror hall, imperial salon, tiled hall, rooms of Queen Luise, crown prince's apartment, emperor's dressing room, imperial bedroom, flag and standard room, emperor's study, dining room.
photos
Castle guard
The so-called birth room of Friedrich I.
Tile hall from the long shot
Tiled hall
Ancestral hall
Hunting room
Standard room with the lion sofa
Black Eagle Hall
Hall of Mirrors
literature
- Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon. City and surroundings. Special edition. Flechsig, Würzburg 2002, ISBN 3-88189-441-1 .
- Baldur Köster: Königsberg. Architecture from the German era. Husum Druck, Husum 2000, ISBN 3-88042-923-5 .
- Wulf D. Wagner: The Königsberg castle. A building and cultural history. Vol. I From the foundation to the government of Friedrich Wilhelm I (1255-1740). , Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7954-1936-3
- Wulf D. Wagner and Heinrich Lange: The Königsberg Castle. A building and cultural history. Vol. II: From Frederick the Great to the Demolition (1740-1967 / 68). The fate of his collections after 1945. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7954-1953-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the editions of the Baedeker travel guide for Northeast Germany , Leipzig [here 1914, p. 163], opening times and admission prices are given
Coordinates: 54 ° 42 ′ 36.8 " N , 20 ° 30 ′ 38.8" E