The Russian Colony Alexandrowka in Potsdam
Wednesday, 22 April 2015 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , Berlin , Museums, Exhibitions , Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks , UNESCO World Heritage
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Alexandrowka Museum © A.Savin/cc-by-sa-3.0
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Alexandrowka is the Russian Colony in the north of
Potsdam . It consists of thirteen wooden houses in Russian style, which were built between 1826 and 1827 on special wish of the former Prussian king,
Friedrich Wilhelm III . Originally the colony was the home of the Russian singers of the First Prussian Regiment of the Guards. The blockhouses are surrounded by generous gardens. In the north of the colony the Kapellenberg borders, a hill on which the
Alexander-Newski-Church was especially constructed for the Russian colonists.
Alexander Nevsky Memorial Church © A.Savin/cc-by-sa-3.0
Once the colony has been built according to the village Glosovo near St. Petersburg in Russia. In 1999 the UNESCO has declared the Russian colony Alexandrowka as part of
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin a cultural heritage of the world.
Meanwhile only a few descendants of the former inhabitants live in the Russian colony. During the last decades before the reunion of East- and West-Germany there have been efforts to preserve the existing architectural core with the little money available. Nowadays, thirteen years after reunion, many preservationists, conservators and house owners are working together on the costly reconstruction of the monument. The buildings of the Russian village Alexandrowka shall be rescued and reconstructed in accordance to the original status.
Photos by Wikimedia Commons.
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