Rheinsberg Palace, Rococo palace in Rheinsberg, Germany.
Rheinsberg Palace is a palace in Rheinsberg, Germany, built in the Frederician Rococo style. It stands on the eastern shore of Lake Grienerick. The long main block has three rows of windows, a round tower with a conical red roof, and a separate pavilion with a hipped red roof; a low colonnade connects the left wing to the tower.
Frederick the Great lived here between 1736 and 1740 before becoming king. Architects Kemmeter and Knobelsdorff added extra floors and expanded the complex during this period.
The palace houses both the Kurt Tucholsky Literature Museum and the Music Academy Rheinsberg, continuing its tradition as a center for arts.
Guided tours through the rooms run from Tuesday to Sunday between 10 AM and 4 PM. Combined tickets allow access to both museums inside the building.
In the Spiegelsaal, Antoine Pesne painted the ceiling work "Der Tag vertreibt die Finsternis", showing Aurora rising as goddess of dawn to announce a new age. Frederick called his Rheinsberg years the happiest of his life and founded Prussia's first Masonic lodge here in 1738.
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