Frederick William II
Cecilienhof is located in the northern part of the large "Neuer Garten" park, close to the shore of the "Jungfernsee" lake. The park was laid out from 1787 at the behest of King Frederick William II of Prussia, modelled on the Wörlitz Park in Anhalt-Dessau. Frederick William II also had the Marmorpalais (Marble Palace) built within the "Neuer Garten", the first Brandenburg palace in the Neoclassical style erected according to plans designed by Carl von Gontard and Carl Gotthard Langhans, which was finished in 1793. Other structures within the park close to Schloss Cecilienhof include an orangery, an artificial grotto (""), the "Gothic Library", and the Dairy in the New Garden, also constructed for King Frederick William II.