One of the brightest representatives of the Baroque style in Berlin – schönhausen Palace is located in the district of Neerlandaise directly on the river punks. This Palace has a fascinating history rooted deep in the past. Thus, in the second half of the 17th century, namely, in 1662, a certain Countess, who belonged to the illustrious line of the don, purchased the property and tell them to build here modern times mansion of three floors. His style was characterized as Dutch.

The next 50 years were very different: the estate passed from hand to hand, each new owner added to it something of their own. Elector Frederick I broke here this European garden, and in addition expanded interior spaces and built several outbuildings. After his death the house went to Friedrich Wilhelm I inherited, however, he very soon was referred to here is located the officials. It seems that the Golden era of the Palace was completed at the beginning of the second decade of the 18th century.

The impetus for the revival of Senhousia was the fact that the Palace loved wife of the crown Prince and was given to her as a summer residence. Since 1747 and almost to the end of the century, Elizabeth Christina held here every summer, took care of the maintenance of the Palace, however all their money she spent for the garden. The seven years ' war was fatal to schönhausen Palace, because it was almost completely destroyed. After the king gave the job to architects and allocated money for the building was restored as close as possible to the original.

In the further fate of the Palace was difficult, it had even visited the building for exhibitions, and a repository for works of art, and the officers ' club for the Soviet soldiers and even a school for Soviet children. For a long time after the Second world war schönhausen Palace was the residence of the President of the GDR, and therefore was given in a solemn and ceremonial look.

Recent restructuring and reconstruction of the Palace was already in the third Millennium. The works were started in 2005, and their purpose was to maximize conservation of the preserved historic interiors. Today schönhausen Palace open to the public and is a monument of architecture of Berlin.