Court Arbor

The 13th-century Berlin Courtyard was demolished in 1871 and rebuilt here in Babelsberg Park (and remodeled in a historicist style). Here, it takes the form of a pavilion on a plateau. Certainly one of the most impressive sites in Babelsberg Park.

According to the Saxon law recorded in the Sachsenspiegel, court was to be held in the open air so that it happened under the eyes of the public. Court leaves did justice to this principle, which was intended to avoid secrecy and arbitrariness, and at the same time offered the court assembly protection from the inclemency of the weather.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerichtslaube

In the center, not far from the Ephraim Palace, this court arena once stood and was transferred to Babelsberg when it was decided in Berlin to build a new one.