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Not far from Berlin, in the Brandenburg district of Potsdam-Mittelmark, lies the small town of Caputh on Lake Schielow and Lake Templin. Cyclists, hikers and excursionists are drawn to the region and Caputh is a great place for a relaxing stopover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The village “Capputh” is mentioned for the first time in a document from 1317. Although the village is located directly on the water, the inhabitants did not have fishing rights. They earned their living as forest workers, tar cooks and in the brickyard. The farmers in the village had little land available for cattle feed. They fetched fodder from the Drewitz area via the Caputh Hay Trail, which still exists today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Brandenburg Elector Joachim II was the owner of the manor and castle in Caputh from 1548. Around 1608 he had a hunting lodge built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Caputh Castle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
In his work “Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg” Theodor Fontane describes his visit to Caputh with the following lines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201eWer hat nicht von Caputh (so hei\u00dft das Dorf) geh\u00f6ret, Das, in verwichner Zeit, die gr\u00f6\u00dfte Zier besa\u00df, Als Dorothea sich, die Brandenburg noch ehret, Das Schlo\u00df am Havelstrom zum Witwensitz erlas.\u201c<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Who has not heard of Caputh (the name of the village)? Which, in past times, possessed the greatest adornment, When Dorothea, still honoring Brandenburg, The castle on the Havelstrom to the widow’s seat erlas.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
But who was the Dorothea mentioned here who chose the castle in Caputh as her widow’s seat?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Electress Katharina acquired the knight’s seat Caputh in 1594 and had a summer residence built. After the building had been almost completely destroyed during the Thirty Years’ War, the Great Elector gave the estate to his quartermaster. The latter had a country house built and only a few years later the Great Elector traded back the estate together with all the lands for estates in East Prussia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He gave the house to his second wife, the Electress Dorothea of Brandenburg. She had the house converted into a three-winged complex with a double curved staircase. She had the interior richly decorated and from then on used the palace as a summer residence. When the Great Elector died in 1688, Caputh became her preferred residence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
In 1689 Dorothea died and Frederick III bought the palace back from his half-siblings. He gave it to his wife Sophie Charlotte, who, however, soon gave it back and preferred to devote herself to Charlottenburg Palace. Frederick, however, loved the palace and often used it for festivities and hunting trips<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frederick the Great, on the other hand, did not seem to care about the castle in Caputh. During his reign, he leased his property to a dye works and a weaving mill. At the end of the 18th century, the garden was then used as a fruit tree nursery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1820 August von Th\u00fcmen bought the castle. He and his family had it remodeled in the following years. Through inheritance, ownership eventually moved on until Alfred von Willich (1862-1941), who was the last owner of the estate. In the course of the land reform, the family was expropriated and a vocational training institution for photographers and flower arrangers in the GDR moved into the castle. The Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg has owned the palace complex since 1995 and has opened it to visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
What is in the castle today?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Today, the palace houses a museum. A highlight is the Tile Hall, which Frederick William I had decorated with 7500 blue and white Dutch faience tiles as a dining room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We strolled through the beautiful park, which is located directly on the shore of Lake Templin. Here you can look over the water sitting on benches, a relaxation time in the middle of nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Address:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Schloss Caputh Stra\u00dfe der Einheit 2 14548 Schwielowsee<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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