Tegel Castle

The origins of the palace date back to 1558, when it was initially built as a Renaissance manor house. Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg later had it converted into a hunting lodge. In 1766, the estate came into the possession of the Humboldt family through marriage and became their family seat, where Alexander and Wilhelm von Humboldt also lived for many years. After his mother's death in 1797, Wilhelm von Humboldt took over the palace. From 1820 to 1824, he commissioned the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel to redesign it in the Neoclassical style. Later, Wilhelm's daughter Gabriele, married to Heinrich von Bülow, inherited the estate. The property then passed to their daughter Constanze von Heinz, whose descendants still inhabit the palace today.