Pomona Temple

The Pomona Temple on Pfingstberg is the first realized architectural design by the young Karl Friedrich Schinkel. The building was erected around 1800 as a tea pavilion in strict Neoclassical style. It was commissioned by the then owner of the vineyard, the Royal Prussian Privy Councillor Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld.
The pavilion, located in what was once a private vineyard, was named after Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruit. In 1807, King Frederick William III acquired the property near the New Garden and occasionally used the building for stays by the royal family.

After the Second World War, both the Belvedere and the Pomona Temple were closed due to their proximity to Soviet military installations and gradually fell into oblivion. The temple building was already in a state of severe disrepair when it was finally rebuilt in 1993 with the support of the Hermann Reemtsma Foundation from Hamburg. The restoration of the Belvedere was completed twelve years later.

Today, Pfingstberg, with its two buildings operated by the Förderverein Pfingstberg eV (Pfingstberg Support Association), is a popular viewpoint within the Potsdam-Berlin cultural landscape and also a sought-after event venue in Potsdam.