Schinkel palace with landscape park, a permanent exhibition on local and family history, art exhibitions and the cultural programme of the Stiftung Schloss Neuhardenberg.
August 30, 2026 – December 27, 2026
The exhibition in the exhibition hall honours the graphic artist and illustrator Daniel Chodowiecki on the 300th anniversary of his birth, tracing his path from the son of a Danzig merchant to director of the Berlin Academy of Arts.
Until 1815 the village was called Quilitz. Frederick William III gave the fief together with the palace to his chancellor Karl August von Hardenberg, who moved in in 1815; since then the village has been called Neu-Hardenberg. Karl Friedrich Schinkel remodeled the palace in the early 19th century, while Peter Joseph Lenné and Hermann Fürst von Pückler-Muskau shaped the landscape park. The Schinkel Church also belongs to the classicist ensemble.
In the 20th century the palace, under Carl-Hans Count von Hardenberg, became a meeting place for conspirators of July 20, 1944; the family was expropriated afterwards. In the GDR the village was called Marxwalde. In 1997 the German Savings Banks and Giro Association acquired the complex, which was renovated by 2001 and supplemented with new buildings for a hotel, gastronomy, events and exhibitions. The Stiftung Schloss Neuhardenberg, founded in 2001, has run the ensemble and its programme ever since; it was officially opened on May 8, 2002.
The permanent exhibition "Schloss Neuhardenberg. Ein Ortstermin" in the exhibition hall was redesigned in 2019. Using a timeline, media installations, interviews with contemporary witnesses and selected exhibits, it traces the history of the palace, the Hardenberg family and the village. In addition, on Sundays from April to October the first floor of the palace can be visited, where part of the earlier early classicist-baroque furnishings has been preserved.
| Adults | €5 |
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| Reduced | –schoolchildren, students, trainees, volunteer service participants, seniors, unemployed persons and people with disabilities |
Tickets for the exhibitions and palace visits are available on site at the foundation shop. The same reductions apply as for events; holders of the Buckow spa card (Kurkarte) pay the reduced price.
Barrier-free access to most buildings and marked parking spaces; on request, transfer from Seelow-Gusow or Trebnitz, including for wheelchair users. An accessible hotel room is available.
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Regional train RB 26 to Trebnitz (Mark) or Seelow-Gusow, then by bus, which runs only occasionally, or by a pre-booked taxi; transfer from these stations available on request.
Address: Schinkelplatz, 15320 Neuhardenberg. Charging stations for electric cars are available; arrival is also possible via the Neuhardenberg airfield.
Get directionsLandgasthaus Brennerei, hotel restaurant and orangery; foundation shop with literature about the village, the foundation's publications and souvenirs.
Conference rooms in the palace as well as the Great Hall, orangery, garden hall and rose garden for celebrations, weddings and corporate events; enquiries at 033476 600-640 or veranstaltung@schlossneuhardenberg.de.
Inquiries & details| Guided tours | yes |
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| Audio guide | yes |
| Good to know | Audio guide with an overview of the palace's history, available at the foundation shop (rental fee €4, plus €10 deposit). Curator-led tours of the exhibitions can be booked via the foundation's ticket shop. |
