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Schloss Köpenick (Köpenick Palace) is a Baroque water palace of the Hohenzollern electors of Brandenburg which stands on an island in the Dahme River surrounded by an English-style park and gives its name to Köpenick, a district of Berlin.[1]

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  1. 18 relations: Baroque, Berlin, Brandenburg, Dahme (river), Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel, Frederick I of Prussia, Frederick the Great, George William, Elector of Brandenburg, Gustavus Adolphus, Hans Hermann von Katte, House of Hohenzollern, Joachim II Hector, Köpenick, Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Renaissance architecture, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Thirty Years' War.

  2. Baroque architecture in Germany
  3. Buildings and structures in Treptow-Köpenick
  4. Decorative arts museums in Germany
  5. Frederick I of Prussia
  6. Gustavus Adolphus
  7. Houses completed in 1558
  8. Hunting lodges in Germany
  9. Palaces in Berlin
  10. Royal residences in Berlin
  11. Water castles in Germany

Baroque

The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Brandenburg

Brandenburg, officially the State of Brandenburg (see Names), is a state in northeastern Germany.

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Dahme (river)

The Dahme is a river that flows through the German states of Brandenburg and Berlin.

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Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel

Landgravine Elisabeth Henriëtte von Hessen-Kassel (18 November 1661 – 7 July 1683) was the daughter of William VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Hedwig Sophia of Brandenburg (1623–1683) and electoral princess of Brandenburg through her marriage to Frederick I of Prussia.

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Frederick I of Prussia

Frederick I (Friedrich I.; 11 July 1657 – 25 February 1713), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was (as Frederick III) Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and Duke of Prussia in personal union (Brandenburg-Prussia).

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Frederick the Great

Frederick II (Friedrich II.; 24 January 171217 August 1786) was the monarch of Prussia from 1740 until 1786.

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George William, Elector of Brandenburg

George William (Georg Wilhelm; 13 November 1595 – 1 December 1640), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was Margrave and Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia from 1619 until his death.

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Gustavus Adolphus

Gustavus Adolphus (9 December 15946 November 1632), also known in English as Gustav II Adolf or Gustav II Adolph, was King of Sweden from 1611 to 1632, and is credited with the rise of Sweden as a great European power (Stormaktstiden).

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Hans Hermann von Katte

Hans Hermann von Katte (28 February 1704 – 6 November 1730) was a Lieutenant of the Prussian Army, and a friend, tutor and possible lover of the future King Frederick II of Prussia, who was at the time the Crown Prince.

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House of Hohenzollern

The House of Hohenzollern (Haus Hohenzollern,; Casa de Hohenzollern) is a formerly royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) German dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and Romania.

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Joachim II Hector

Joachim II (Joachim II Hector or Hektor; 13 January 1505 – 3 January 1571) was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1535–1571), the sixth member of the House of Hohenzollern.

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Köpenick

Köpenick is a historic town and locality (Ortsteil) in Berlin, situated at the confluence of the rivers Dahme and Spree in the south-east of the German capital.

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Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin

The Kunstgewerbemuseum, or Museum of Decorative Arts, is an internationally important museum of the decorative arts in Berlin, Germany, part of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums). Köpenick Palace and Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin are decorative arts museums in Germany.

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Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz; SPK) is a German federal government body that oversees 27 museums and cultural organizations in and around Berlin, Germany.

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Renaissance architecture

Renaissance architecture is the European architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 16th centuries in different regions, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.

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Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin State Museums) are a group of institutions in Berlin, Germany, comprising seventeen museums in five clusters; several research institutes; libraries; and supporting facilities.

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Thirty Years' War

The Thirty Years' War, from 1618 to 1648, was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history.

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See also

Baroque architecture in Germany

Buildings and structures in Treptow-Köpenick

Decorative arts museums in Germany

Frederick I of Prussia

Gustavus Adolphus

Houses completed in 1558

Hunting lodges in Germany

Palaces in Berlin

Royal residences in Berlin

Water castles in Germany

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Köpenick_Palace

Also known as Köpenick Castle, Schloss Köpenick.