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Rheinsberg Palace
12017-06-10T13:44:35-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e84769Letters that refer to or were written at Rheinsberg Palace.image_header2017-09-22T23:40:57-07:0053.0984° N, 12.8899° ECurtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eFrederick the Great’s Rheinsberg Palace
Rheinsberg Palace is on the eastern shore of Lake Grienericksee, in the municipality of Rheinsberg, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Berlin in the German district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin.
Frederick's happiest days were spent as crown prince in Rheinsberg where, between 1736 and 1740, he was free to pursue his interests in music and philosophy, miles away from his father's watchful eye in Berlin. In the years up to 1740 Frederick had the castle considerably extended and improved by the architects Johann Gottfried Kemmeter (b. ? – d. 1748) and Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (17 February, 1699 - 16 September, 1753). An upper floor was added to the single-storey building and the East Wing extended by 25 metres (27 yards). The new design ideas introduced by Frederick in this palace were further developed at Sanssouci Palace.
After Frederick’s accession to the throne (1740), his younger brother, Prince Henry, took over the Rheinsberg palace and he continued Frederick’s tradition of music, opera and theatre. This tradition is still maintained by the famous Rheinsberg Music Academy and the Rheinsberg Chamber Opera (https://www.kammeroper-schloss-rheinsberg.de).
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1media/vol-coll874-02-01-01~1.jpgterm2016-12-16T22:12:50-08:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eFrederick the Great to Voltaire - 1742 January 814See a translation of this letter.plain2017-11-18T23:05:14-08:0052.5076682,13.28505651742 January 8Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e
1media/vol-coll874-02-03-01~1.jpgterm2016-12-16T22:15:24-08:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eFrederick the Great to Voltaire - 1742 April 1214See a translation of this letter.plain2017-08-14T19:23:53-07:0045.4044444,13.69277781742 April 12Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e