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Petzow Manor on a cold February morning
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Petzow Manor is a historic yellow-painted manor house (Herrenhaus) in Petzow, Brandenburg, Germany, captured in the attached photo during winter with bare trees framing the structure. The building showcases romantic English Neogothic style, featuring a long, asymmetrical two-story stucco structure with an eleven-bay central tract accented by corner round towers, one prominent cylindrical tower with battlements, and stepped gables. Its facade varies by side—elongated and imposing—with subtle ornamentation like decorative gables and chimney tops echoed in surrounding village buildings. Large multi-pane windows dominate the design, arranged symmetrically in rows across both floors, often with arched tops or stone surrounds that emphasize the Gothic influence while allowing ample light. The photo highlights their vertical outlines, contrasting the smooth yellow walls and enhancing the manor’s elegant, castle-like silhouette. Built around 1820-1825 as a manor house by Karl Friedrich August Kaehne (later von Kaehne family), it symbolized their rise to nobility, with possible involvement from architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, though unproven beyond family lore. The estate expanded into a knight’s estate by 1827, including a park by Peter Joseph Lenné in 1838; after WWII expropriation, it served as an East German trade union holiday home before renovation into apartments around 2014.
February 18, 2026 at 6:42 AM
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Good morning to our favorite day of the week in the #PalacesAndGardens of the world at a time when garden life is returning in spring. Let’s have a wonderful day together.
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The photo captures a striking scene in Petzow Park (Gutspark Petzow), near Werder in Brandenburg, Germany, featuring snowdrops blooming around the base of an ancient linden tree in early spring. A vibrant yellow building, part of the historic Petzow Manor House ensemble designed with input from architects like Schinkel and landscaper Peter Joseph Lenné, stands prominently in the background. The massive linden tree dominates the foreground, its gnarled trunk and exposed roots twisting dramatically, evoking centuries of growth in this 19th-century English-style landscape park. Delicate snowdrops (Galanthus) form white clusters amid fresh green grass at the tree’s base, signaling the first signs of spring despite bare branches overhead. A black iron fence separates the scene, with a classic lantern mounted on the yellow facade adding historical charm. Petzow Park forms part of a picturesque rural ensemble created from the 1820s by landowner Carl Friedrich August Kaehne, praised by writer Theodor Fontane for its absolute beauty. Nestled between hills and Schwielowsee lake, the park features restored paths, sightlines, and plantings, making it a serene spot for such natural displays.
February 19, 2026 at 6:19 AM
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Petzow Manor in deep snow.
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The pastel-yellow façade of Petzow manor rises from a blanket of deep, untouched snow, half veiled by the dark silhouettes of leafless trees whose branches are delicately edged with white. The crenellated tower on the left and the pointed-arch windows hint at its historic, neo-Gothic character, while the long main wing stretches calmly across the frame, every window reflecting the cold winter light. A narrow, trodden path leads through the foreground slope of snow toward the building, drawing the eye inward as if inviting a quiet winter walk, and above it all the pale blue sky completes the still, almost storybook atmosphere of this frozen park landscape.
December 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Die Bank mit der schönsten Aussicht im Schlosspark Petzow, die immer, wenn ich dort bin, besetzt ist... mein Schicksal. Gute Nacht.
October 31, 2024 at 10:13 PM
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Angekommen! #Petzow #6von12 #12von12
4 Personen an einem Holztisch, Selfie
July 12, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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Ich habe an seinem Todestag mit einer Gruppe Ingenieure in Petzow bei Potsdam eine Trauerstunde eingelegt. Eigentlich war BWL-Unterricht angesagt. Den habe ich auf den nächsten Tag verschoben.
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⭐Freddie Mercury: Der letzte Akt⭐

🌐 bis zum 21.02.2026

»Der Dokumentarfilm erzählt die Geschichte des "Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for Aids Awareness", einer Hommage der verbleibenden Mitglieder [von] Queen an ihren verstorbenen Frontmann Freddie Mercury.« arte.tv

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January 20, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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100 Jahre alte Weinstöcke und ein magischer Feengarten: Der Schlossgarten Petzow in Brandenburg ist wunderschön. Möglich gemacht hat dies ein ehemaliger Rewe-Manager. Was kann man von ihm übers Gärtnern lernen?
Garten-Tipps: »Ich würde bei einer Neuplanung nicht gleich alles mit Rollrasen auslegen«
100 Jahre alte Weinstöcke und ein magischer Feengarten: Der Schlossgarten Petzow in Brandenburg ist wunderschön. Möglich gemacht hat dies ein ehemaliger Rewe-Manager. Was kann man von ihm übers Gärtnern lernen?
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July 26, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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Die Dorfkirche Petzow, entworfen von Schinkel, gelegen am Lenné - Park, beschrieben von Fontane in seinen "Wanderungen...". Mehr geht nicht. Guten Abend.
October 1, 2023 at 3:35 PM
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Sunday morning walk in the lovely little Petzow Park in my neighborhood.
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#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVForVowels grand finale!
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Soft morning light washes over a quiet park on the lake shore, where a small group of walkers and a lone man with his dog share the gentle stillness of the day’s beginning. The scene feels contemplative and spacious, with muted colors and a calm sky reinforcing the tranquil mood. Bare trees rise like tall, dark silhouettes, their trunks forming calm vertical lines that hold the scene together. From these trunks, long branches stretch and twist across the sky, drawing gentle diagonals that guide the eye from the figures on the path toward the open water on the horizon. The muted blue-grey clouds and the faint band of warm light near the lake give the image a subdued, reflective mood, while the carpet of fallen leaves underfoot hints at late autumn and the slow approach of winter. Amid this network of lines and shapes, the people and the dog appear small and unhurried, turning the simple act of a morning walk into a quiet conversation between humans, trees, and lake.
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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The dragon
A #poem in two parts

[a poem a day keeps the darkness at bay]

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Closeup of hardened remains of ancient tree, Petzow, Brandenburg, 25 Feb 2024. Nikon D5600, Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G, ISO 160, ƒ1.8, -0.3 ev, 1/400s i. Is it hard wood that I spy or a dragon’s dark eye peering from behind a great callus? This old blasted tree appears it could be a fossil of a beast full of malice ii. But his flame is long gone and his rage has withdrawn into the past where our fears may find rest and new times ever will come when old worries go numb — the clock’s healing power leaves us blessed Closeup of hardened remains of ancient tree, Petzow, Brandenburg, 25 Feb 2024. Nikon D5600, Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G, ISO 160, ƒ1.8, -0.3 ev, 1/400s
March 7, 2024 at 11:19 AM
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Heute vor 48 Jahren: Klassenfahrt in das knapp ein Jahr zuvor eröffnete "Jugendtouristenhotel" in Werder (genauer: Petzow) bei Potsdam.

Weitere Bilder zum damaligen Zustand hier: ferienheim.org/werder
March 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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The castle
A #poem

#poemaday #poetry #writing #mentalhealth #photography 📷📸🎞️

[a poem a day keeps the darkness at bay]
A peaked and barred window in a yellow-plastered stone castle wall looking out towards a lantern, Petzow Castle, Petzow, Glindow, Brandenburg, 25 Feb 2024. Nikon D5600, Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G, ISO 1600, ƒ22, -0.3 ev, 1/125s The castle A poem For ages I’ve laid waste to the lands all around and built up battlements high But just outside the great fortress around me a little lantern stands hard by Through a breach in the bristling bastion’s walls I can see her sending me light Could it be that letting her lightness in is the truer expression of might? © 2024 Jack Groundhog, Potsdam
February 25, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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The bench
A #poem

With skies in crisis boiling
and storms rise all around
the bench just sits there waiting
and doesn’t make a sound

It stands a place of quiet
and of gentle times to share
outwaiting all our tempests
’til we find the time to care

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A wooden park bench under a cloudy stormy sky, Petzow, Werder, Brandenburg, 25 Feb 2024. Nikon D5600, Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G, ISO 100, ƒ3.2, -0.3 ev, 1/500s
March 11, 2024 at 9:18 PM
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Impressions of a village church

📍 Petzow, Glindow, Brandenburg
📆 25 Feb 2024
📸 Nikon D5600
⚪️ Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G

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brickwork Exterior view of apse and rooftop crosses against a blue partly cloudy sky View of the church through bare trees and up a hill Pulpit and decorated arch of sanctuary with roof‘s carved wooden beams Crucifix atop high altar flanked by flowers, above them the light colors of the curved roof of the apse
February 25, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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#29 Chorfahrt nach Petzow mit den besten 🥰🎶#Best2023
Chorprobe outdoor Chor- und Orchesterprobe Indoor Mit Aggi und Robert am See Beine im See
January 2, 2024 at 9:59 AM
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Stormy blusters from blackened skies
batter the bare brick parapet
as streaks of crazed light from on high
call cracks of time’s whip as a threat
Though air sunders and rains drive down
the tower stands firm for all around

The storm will pass
but the tower holds fast

#poem #poetry #photography
Storm clouds above old brick gable and tiled roof, Petzow, Brandenburg, 25 Feb 2024. Nikon D5600, Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G, ISO 160, ƒ3.2, -0.3 ev, 1/400s
March 15, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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The night before
A poem

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Glowering storm clouds at dusk with barren treeline, Petzow, Brandenburg, 25 Feb 2024. Nikon D5600, Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G, ISO 100, ƒ3.2, -0.3 ev, 1/1250s As daylight fades to sullen black and the sun fades farther from my eyes the pallor of the night descends to shroud my soul with wilting sighs O Eloï, I called from high abandoned by my erstwhile friends and even by my own father — my body and my heart descend Thus I into deepest Hades fell: My love proclaimed, but sent to hell
March 30, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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The house by the lake
A #poem in two parts

#poemaday #writing #photography 📷📸🎞️

[a poem a day keeps the darkness at bay]
A small cottage as seen across a small lake through the willows, reeds, and trees, Petzow, Brandenburg, 25 Feb 2024. Nikon D5600, Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G, ISO 400, ƒ20, -0.3 ev, 1/160s i. In the house by the lake sat a man of few means He dwelled on his mistakes that had left his life lean In that house in a place by rippled waters’ edge he saw just the faces in the photos on the ledge ii. Outside rang the birdsong and the sun sent her rays the trees stood there strong and the clouds went their ways But in that tiny home a man just sat to dwell to brood on being alone and missed out nature’s spell
February 28, 2024 at 1:27 PM
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Hier auch, hab einfach nochmal die Fleecejacke und den Wintermantel übergezogen und bin um 6:30 nach normaler Zeit zu meinem kleinen Park in Petzow gefahren. Schön war’s, auch wenn mir am See ganz schön der Wind um die Ohren geweht hat. 😀🌞
March 29, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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The snowdrops
A #poem

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The snowdrops A poem Bleak winter rends my spirits with the fading of the sun and through the times of darkness what a bitter path I’ve run First heralds of the spring — The snowdrops raise their heads — They tell me dark is over — I need no longer dread When all around is blackness with people suffering may we be their snowdrops and brightness to them bring Snowdrops blooming under a tree in the early spring, Petzow, Werder, Brandenburg, 25 Feb 2024. Nikon D5600, Nikkor DX 35 mm ƒ1.8G, ISO 100, ƒ3.2, -0.3 ev, 1/200s
March 10, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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Garten-Tipps: »Ich würde bei einer Neuplanung nicht gleich alles mit Rollrasen auslegen«
100 Jahre alte Weinstöcke und ein magischer Feengarten: Der Schlossgarten Petzow in Brandenburg ist wunderschön. Möglich gemacht hat dies ein ehemaliger Rewe-Manager. Was kann man von ihm übers Gärtnern lernen?
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July 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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Zum 100. Geburtstag von Prof. Dr. Günter Petzow erinnert die DGM an sein nachhaltiges Wirken: #news=019f2187-5508-7030-a3d3-8e75cd4ca3445cd4ca344" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://dgm.de/de/home#news=019f2187-5508-7030-a3d3-8e75cd4ca344 #Materialwissenschaft #Werkstofftechnik #DGM
July 8, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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Dorfkirche Petzow, Schinkel <3 #spring #april http://t.co/T11uy0dwAE
November 17, 2024 at 12:02 PM
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Waterfowl and Chickens (Wasservögel und Hühner) https://collections.artsmia.org/art/132014/
group of waterfowl and chickens rendered in blue, orange and red pigments; standing on a watery, rippled surface Emil Pottner broke a few rules with this print. He shifted his color blocks so that they were slightly out of register, even though he had little squares in the margin to aid in proper alignment. The shift resulted in a lively sense of movement, a nonstop peeping, pecking, and waddling. Birds were a lifelong subject for Pottner, and he saw all kinds outside his door in Petzow, Germany, a spot along the Havel River near Berlin. In 1938 the Nazis forced Pottner, who was Jewish, from his home. He died after being deported to the Treblinka death camp in 1942.
October 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Jazz Kollektiv Babelsberg - ein super Konzert im Schlossgarten Petzow

#petzow #jazzkollektivbabelsberg #jazzlive #bebop #hardbop
June 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM