Gedenktafeln in Berlin

SCHLOSSINSEL
Auf dem Gelände eines frühen Burgwalls der
slawischen Sprewanen lösten sich im Mittel-
alter mehrere Burgbauten ab.
1558-1570 entstand hier im Auftrag von
Kurfürst Joachim II. ein Renaissancejagd-
schloss. Das jetzige Barockschloss ließ
Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm 1678-1690
von Rutger van Langevelt für seinen Sohn
Kurprinz Friedrich, den späteren König
Friedrich I. in Preußen, errichten. Es war 1730
Standort des Kriegsgerichts gegen Preußens
Kronprinz Friedrich. Der in der Schlosskirche
beigesetzten Prinzessin Henriette Marie
diente es 1749-1782 als Witwensitz. Schloss-
besitzer war 1804-1806 der Kartograph
Friedrich Wilhelm Graf von Schmettau.
1824 wurde das Schoss Militär-Traindepot
und Untersuchungsgefängnis für als Demago-
gen verfolgte Studenten. 1851-1926 Lehrer-
seminar, ab 1963 Kunstgewerbemuseum.

THE CASTLE ISLAND
During the Middle Ages several castles were
built here on the site of the remaining ram-
parts of an earlier castle, which had been built
by the Slavic Sprewanen tribe.
From 1558 to 1570, a Rrenaissance hunting
lodge, commissioned by Elector Joachim II,
stood here. The Baroque castle which current-
ly stands here was commissioned by Elector
Friedrich Wilhelm to Rutger van Langevelt
(1678-1690) for his son Prince Friedrich, who
was later to become King Friedrich in Prussia.
In 1730, the castle provided the setting for
the court martial of Prussia’s Crown Prince.
From 1749 to 1782, the castle served as a
home for the widow Princess Henriette Marie,
who was later buried in the castle chapel.
From 1804 to 1806, the castle was inhabited
by a cartographer, Friedrich Wilhelm Graf
von Schmettau. In 1824, the castle became
a military training camp and detention centre
for students accused of political agitation.
From 1851 to 1926, it was a teacher training
college. Since 1963, it has been an arts and
crafts museum.