Schwerin Palace

The Palais Schwerin, a Baroque residence, is located in Berlin-Mitte and is currently used as a mint.

Palais Schwerin was likely built after the city fire of 1690. In 1698, Prussian Minister of State Otto von Schwerin acquired it and had it redesigned by Jean de Bodt. A cartouche above the main entrance displays the Order of the Black Eagle, which Schwerin received in 1701. After his death in 1705, the Palais became Prussian state property in 1765 and served as the Tobacco General Administration. After the tobacco monopoly ended in 1787, the criminal court and later a prison moved in in 1794. Until 1889, the Palais was known as the “prison,” before the judicial administration used the building until 1910.