The Temple of Pomona

In the 18th century a large private vineyard was located on the southern slope of the Pfingstberg. During the course of beautification work in 1800, its owner, the privy councilor Carl Ludwig von Oesfeld, commissioned Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781-1841) – who was only nineteen at that time – to create a new building as a “temple de Pomona” in honor of the goddess of fruit trees and gardens. It was intended as a present to Oesfeld’s wife.