The palace was designed by Karl Friedrich Schinkel for Prince Carl of Prussia.

The building, originally merely a cottage, was turned into a summer palace in the late Neoclassical style.

Inside the palace were antique objets d'art which Prince Carl of Prussia brought back from his trips.

Particularly striking are two golden lion statues in front of the south frontage, which were also designed by Schinkel.

The palace is administered by the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg.