Pfaueninsel - Peacock IslandThe Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island) lies in the river Havel in Berlin. The little Pfaueninsel palace at its southern end was built for Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm II. in 1794/95, according to a design by Johann Gottlieb Brendel. In the 19th century, the whole island was transformed into a landscape garden by Peter Joseph Lenné und Johann Anton Ferdinand Fintelmann. Even today, there are still many peacocks living on the island. |