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Of hunting and other pleasures - princely representation in the time of Joachim II.

Tour of the palace with Kathrin Külow, head of the palace department, SPSG

Like many other princes, Brandenburg's Elector Joachim II was passionate about hunting. He had several hunting lodges built around Berlin, including today's Grunewald hunting lodge. the building was completed in 1543 and Joachim named the house "Zum grünen Wald". In order to get to the Grunewald better and faster, he had a boulder dam built from the Berlin castle in the direction of the hunting grounds, the forerunner of the Kurfürstendamm.

The representatives of the estates in the Mark Brandenburg rebuked their sovereign, saying that he was not busy enough with governing, but was constantly "lying in the woods" and hunting. Joachim II replied that governing was a very difficult task and that they should allow him this small pleasure. During his hunting trips the Elector was accompanied by his wife Hedwig and later by his mistress Anna.

Kathrin Külow, head of the palace department (SPSG), invites you to a special guided tour on aspects of hunting in the early modern period and life at the Brandenburg court during the Renaissance.

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Meeting point: Café castle box office

Price: €8.00

Reduced price: €6.00

Booking: Tickets at the castle box office, 030.813 35 97 or

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