Finckenstein Palace

Formerly part of West Prussia, it was designed by the architect John von Collas and erected in the years 1716–1720 by Prussian Field Marshal, Marquess, and Count Albrecht Konrad Reinhold Finck von Finckenstein.

Red Army soldiers set the palace on fire January 22, 1945, during their conquest of Prussia in World War II.

[2] The palace became famous in 1807, when Napoleon made it his residence from April through June of that year.

[3] Here, Napoleon met his Polish mistress Maria Walewska, with whom he lived in the palace.

[3] The Hollywood movie Conquest depicted the palace with Greta Garbo and Charles Boyer[4] but was actually filmed in Monterey, California.