Babelsberg Palace

A beautiful palace with a rich history (not least due to the Cold War, as the palace was located directly on the border and many parts of the grounds and buildings were destroyed). A visit can be combined with countless other attractions (for example, the Glienicke Bridge, Klein Glienicke as a former GDR exclave, the Teltow Canal, and much more).

Babelsberg Castle
Babelsberg Palace is the former summer residence of the German Emperor Wilhelm I. It is located in Babelsberg Park in the Babelsberg district of Potsdam and was built in the Tudor style from 1834, based on the English Windsor Castle.
The residence was built in two phases. First, in 1834/35, the eastern area with rooms for Wilhelm and his wife Augusta was built according to plans by the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Between 1844 and 1849, according to plans by Ludwig Persius, the western palace complex with ballrooms and rooms for the two children of the princely couple was added.
The castle has been the scene of important historical events. These included a visit by British Queen Victoria in 1858, the appointment of Otto von Bismarck as Prussian Prime Minister in 1862 and the signing of the so-called Socialist Law in 1878. After the death of Wilhelm I in 1888, the palace lost its political and cultural significance. A conversion of the palace into a summer residence for the German Crown Prince Wilhelm, planned by the Prussian Oberhof Baurat Albert Geyer, was rejected in 1908 after the first preparatory building work for cost reasons. After the end of the monarchy, the administration of the Prussian State Palaces and Gardens had the palace converted into a museum in 1927. As such it lasted until the Second World War. During the war years, the comparatively remote palace was considered a safe depot for works of art from other Potsdam residences. It was largely spared from the destruction of war. After being taken by the Red Army, the historical furnishings were confiscated and taken to the Soviet Union as war trophies. Some of the furniture and paintings were not returned in 1958 either.
Text/Source: Wikipedia
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Babelsberg

Babelsberg Palace was built as a summer residence for Prince Wilhelm, the future Emperor Wilhelm I and his wife Augusta, who came from the House of Saxony-Weimar, in two phases.