Marlygarten
Marlygarten lies on the eastern side of Park Sanssouci in Potsdam, beside the Church of Peace and its buildings. Walls enclose it to the north and south. Its central axis carries fruit trees, while side paths, vegetable beds, lawns, trees, and shrubs shape the garden’s changing landscape.
Friedrich Wilhelm I established the garden in 1715 as a kitchen garden for Potsdam City Palace. He jokingly called the modest grounds “my Marly”, recalling Marly-le-Roi near Versailles. After remaining a kitchen garden, it became a landscape garden during the 1840s under Peter Joseph Lenné and Gustav Meyer. Crown Prince Frederick developed the idea for Sanssouci Palace here, before Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff designed the palace between 1745 and 1747.
The paths direct your view towards the Church of Peace, joining planting with architecture. Former features included a grottoed pleasure house, a shooting range, a bowling alley, greenhouses, and statues of children and the seasons.
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