One of the prominent representatives of Baroque style in Berlin - Palace schönhausen situated in niederschönhausen directly on the river Pankow. This palace has a fascinating history, with its roots deep in the past. Thus, in the second half of the 17th century, namely in 1662, a certain Countess belonging to the genus known Don, acquired the estate and ordered to build here a modern for that time in the house on three floors. His style is characterized as the Dutch.

The next 50 years were very different: it is passed from hand to hand, each new owner adds to it something of their own. Elector Frederick I crashed here a real European garden, and in addition expanded the interior and added onto several outbuildings. After his death, the house went to Frederick William I inherited, but he soon was transferred to officials settled here. It seems that the golden era of the palace was completed in the beginning of the second decade of the 18th century.

The impetus for the revival of schönhausen was the fact that the wife of the Crown Prince's Palace, loved it, and was presented as a summer residence. Beginning in 1747 and almost until the end of the century, Elizabeth Christina is held here every summer, taking care of the maintenance of the palace, but all the means she gladly spent the garden. Seven Years' War was fatal for schönhausen Palace, since it was almost completely destroyed. After graduation, the king instructed the architects and gave money to the fact that the building was restored as close as possible to the original.

In the future, the fate of the palace was not easy, he had visited, and the building for exhibitions, and a repository for works of art, and the officers' club for Soviet soldiers and even school for Soviet children. For a long time after the Second World War the palace was the residence of the president schönhausen GDR, and therefore has been given in the solemn, ceremonial appearance.

The last reconstruction and reconstruction of the palace fell for the third millennium. The work began in 2005, their goal was the maximum savings of preserved historical interiors. Today schönhausen palace is open to the public and is an architectural monument of Berlin.