The Greenhouse and the Kavaliershaus opposite it in Schwerin Palace Gardens form an impressive architectural ensemble designed by Peter Joseph Lenné and Georg Adolph Demmler. Embedded in an extensive landscaped park, they served as a summer residence and symbolize the hospitality of the grand ducal family.
Between 1838 and 1845, the famous garden architect Peter Joseph Lenné visited Schwerin four times to redesign the palace gardens on behalf of the Grand Duke. He designed an extensive landscape park, which was implemented by Theodor Klett. In this park are the Greenhouse, a residential building with a greenhouse, and the Kavaliershaus, both embedded in the English Garden planned by Lenné.
The Greenhouse, located on the north-eastern edge of the palace garden, was used for social purposes on the instructions of Grand Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg. Together with the Kavaliershaus opposite, it forms an impressive architectural ensemble and marks the transition to the villa area of the palace garden quarter. The Kavaliershaus, a two-storey building in the neoclassical style, was designed by Georg Adolph Demmler in 1839 to complement the Greenhouse.
In 1838, the Grand Duke commissioned Carl Heinrich Wünsch to build a private palace as a summer residence in the middle of the new landscape park. The construction of the Kavaliershaus followed in 1840. The architecture of the Greenhouse and the Kavaliershaus reflect the hospitality and cosmopolitanism of the grand ducal family.
