Discover Biesdorf: Palace, Park and Wuhletal

Biesdorf combines a rich history of the palace with a listed park and the green corridor along the Wuhle. This offers different options for planning your trip: exhibitions at the palace, historic features in the park and a longer route through several districts. You can therefore plan your time around specific interests rather than a single attraction.

Palace history and culture

The Schloss and Park Biesdorf ensemble was built in 1867–1868 on behalf of Baron von Rüxleben. Initially, the ensemble included a park of just four hectares. After 1889, Albert Brodersen, the royal director of garden design, redesigned the palace park, which had been expanded to almost 15 hectares. The area figures illustrate how the grounds changed: what began as a small park became a much larger palace park.

Schloss Biesdorf is the municipal gallery of the Marzahn-Hellersdorf district. Admission is free, and the gallery presents changing exhibitions of contemporary art and cultural heritage. The exhibitions alternate between these two distinct subject areas; if you would like to plan a visit around a particular exhibition, check the relevant dates in advance.

Biesdorf Village Church offers an older historical perspective. The listed building dates from the 13th century and has a former cemetery. Ludwig Tiedemann remodeled the church in 1897–1898; it was restored in 1950–1951 after wartime damage. It is part of the Alt-Biesdorf ensemble. Biesdorf therefore brings together different historical periods: the medieval church, its later structural changes and the 19th-century palace ensemble.

Palace park and landscape

The listed palace park has the oldest and largest contiguous tree population in Marzahn. Features dating from around 1900 include the fountain pond, the ice cellar with its double flight of outdoor steps and the tea pavilion. There is also a lawn tennis court, now used as a reading garden. These details draw attention to the park’s different features and their uses, as well as to the history of the palace.

The Biesdorf quarry lake has a different history. It is a former gravel pit that filled naturally with groundwater and rainwater after gravel extraction ended. Unlike the landscaped park, the lake is a reminder of the site’s former use and of a landscape that changed after extraction ceased.

Wuhletal Trail and practical information

If you would like to include a longer route in your plans, the 16-kilometre Wuhletal Trail offers a different scale from the palace park. It follows the Wuhle from Eiche Park in Ahrensfelde to its confluence with the Spree in Köpenick. From federal highway B1/B5, the green corridor runs through the spacious detached-house estates of Biesdorf, Kaulsdorf and Köpenick. This comparison can help you plan your day: the palace park focuses on individual historic features, while the Wuhletal Trail covers a route through several districts. Check the latest route details before setting out.

Gnadenkirche Biesdorf hosts services of all kinds and church music events. If you would like to plan around a specific date, check the events calendar before your visit.

For accessible planning: Schloss Biesdorf has a step-free entrance, the restrooms are wheelchair-accessible and parking is available in the immediate vicinity. The park has accessible entrances at Parkweg, Blumberger Damm and Biesdorf S-Bahn station. If you require a particular form of access, check the latest visitor information before your visit.

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