HOTEL KAVALIERHAUSER KÖNIGS WUSTERHAUSEN
Quiet Castle Hotel near Berlin’s Schoenfeld Airport
King
Friedrich Wilhelm I (Frederick William I) the second king of Prussia
who ruled from 1713 to 1740 was by all accounts a serious and
frugal fellow, who actually paid the same taxes he imposed on his subjects.
Known as the “Soldier King” for his fascination with things
military, recognized for creating the largest army of the time, which
never actually fought much but drilled a lot. It was Frederick-William’s
Prussian Army which developed the distinctive Prussian marching step.
He especially liked tall soldiers and sought them out for his army, which
is reflected in the high ceilings of the 300 year old castle hotel lodgings
of the Kavalierhauser Konigs Wusterhausen.
The
Schloss Wusterhausen was Friedrich Wilhelm’s
small out-of-town palace in the center of what is now Königs Wusterhausen,
a quiet suburb of Berlin in Brandenburg, about 30 minutes south east
of the city
center near Schöenfeld
Airport, soon Berlin-Brandenburg (see Berlin-Brandenburg
Willy Brandt Airport ).
The castle owners offer three rooms for lodging, providing a unique glimpse
into the life of the Prussian
Soldier
King
of the Hohenzollern
dynasty (see Hohenzollern
Castle). The rooms at the Konigs Wusterhausen
Kavalier Hauser (Cavalry House) are located in what
were formerly the
soldier’s
barracks of the castle. Across the courtyard were the
stables. More bed & breakfast
than hotel proper, don’t expect royal service. No hotel front
desk, room service or mini-bar here. Collect your own key at the restaurant
and you're left pretty 
much
on your own. The other part of the barracks building is occupied by
the offices of an ambulance service. The rooms (zimmer) are large,
former officers quarters, almost an apartment of fresh exposed wood
beams with
a view of the schloss, wooded park grounds and restaurant, which stays
open
until
midnight.
You can almost imagine the king’s soldiers drilling on the cobblestone
square as the king observed from his castle window. One expects to
hear ghostly bootsteps on the stairs, but all is quiet and still, especially
if there are no other guests at home.
The
fine restaurant at the Kavalier Hauser brews its own beer and you can
try the “Historiches Menu” which
features an official recipe of venison once served to the king in the
1700’s.
Breakfast is served at the bakery-café in another part of the
former stables. For things to do in Konigs
Wusterhausen, a tour of the schloss can be taken and there is a small
museum across
the
street.
A
music school occupies part of the castle buildings and concerts are occasionally
held at the schloss as are period solder re-enactor musters in the summer.
There is a schedule on the website (in German). By train, the station
is 5 minutes walk and is served by the regional rail line RE2 (26 minutes
from Alexanderplatz)
and the
S-Bahn
S46 from
Berlin Ostbahnhof. By car, Konigs Wusterhausen is at the crossing of
the A10 (Berliner Ring) and A13 autobahns, 10 minutes south of Schöenefeld
Airport (to become the new expanded Brandenburg Berlin International
Airport currently
under
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OSTEL
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THE
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