Cecilienhof, Palace in Potsdam, Germany
Cecilienhof is a palace in the northern part of the Neuer Garten park in Potsdam, built 1913–1917 in the English Tudor style to designs by Paul Schultze-Naumburg. Its 176 rooms are grouped around five courtyards, including the large Ehrenhof. The facades combine brick and dark oak half-timbering, and the Tudor chimneys are all different.
Emperor Wilhelm II ordered construction between 1914 and 1917 as a home for Crown Prince Wilhelm and his wife Cecilie. After the First World War, the Hohenzollern family stayed until 1945, when Soviet troops requisitioned it for the Potsdam Conference.
The building carries the name of Crown Princess Cecilie, for whom it was built as a residence. Visitors today walk through the conference rooms kept as they were when world leaders met in summer 1945 to negotiate Europe's postwar order.
The museum grounds are located at Am Neuen Garten 11 and are within walking distance from central Potsdam. Some areas remain in use as conference rooms and are closed to visitors during events.
The palace has 55 decorative chimney stacks, no two alike. On the lawn of the Ehrenhof, a five-pointed star of red flowers has been replanted since 1945; garden inspector Paul Molske (1875–1947) carried out the first planting.
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