Photo of Schloss Finckenstein (1931)Ruins of the palace (2011)Persian Envoy Mirza Mohammad-Reza Qazvini meets with Napoleon to sign the Treaty of Finckenstein 27 April 1807 at Finckenstein Palace, by François Mulard.
Finckenstein Palace (German: Schloss Finckenstein; Polish: Pałac w Kamieńcu) is a ruined Baroque palace situated in the village of Kamieniec, about 25 mi. (40 km) south of Elbląg, in northern Poland. Formerly part of West Prussia, it was designed by the architect John von Collas and erected in the years 1716–1720 by Prussian Field Marshal, Marquess, and Count Albrecht Konrad Reinhold Finck von Finckenstein. It remained in the possession of the Finck von Finckenstein family until 1782.[1] After that the Counts Dohna-Schlobitten lived in it until 1945. Red Army soldiers set the palace on fire January 22, 1945, during their conquest of Prussia in World War II. The last owner/resident was Alfred (1917–1988), son of Hermann Dohna-Finckenstein (1894–1942).[2]
The palace became famous in 1807, when Napoleon made it his residence from April through June of that year. When he saw the palace for the first time, he said: Enfin un chateau ("Finally, a castle").[3] The Treaty of Finckenstein between France and Persia was signed here.[3] Here, Napoleon met his Polish mistress Maria Walewska, with whom he lived in the palace.[3] The Hollywood movie Conquest depicted the palace with Greta Garbo and Charles Boyer[4] but was actually filmed in Monterey, California.[5]
FinckensteinPalace (German: Schloss Finckenstein; Polish: Pałac w Kamieńcu) is a ruined Baroque palace situated in the village of Kamieniec, about 25 mi...
Finckenstein (Persian: عهدنامه فینکنشتاین), often spelled Finkenstein, was a treaty concluded between France and Persia (Iran) in the Finckenstein Palace...
Prussia FinckensteinPalace, (Schloss Finckenstein) in former East Prussia, today Poland Kamieniec Suski, Poland, prior to 1945: Finckenstein a village...
relationship progressed when Napoleon moved to his field headquarters in FinckensteinPalace in East Prussia (now Kamieniec Suski, Poland): Walewska followed...
Reinhold Finck von Finckenstein (30 October 1660 – 16 December 1735) was a Prussian nobleman, field marshal and statesman. Finck von Finckenstein came from ancient...
built Schlobitten and Schlodien. The counts Finck von Finckenstein erected FinckensteinPalace, and the counts Waldburg constructed Capustigall. Dönhoffstädt...
second in command of the forces defending the convention in the Tuileries Palace. Bonaparte had seen the massacre of the King's Swiss Guard during the Insurrection...
Mirza Mohammad-Reza Qazvini at FinckensteinPalace to meet with Napoleon on 27 April 1807 for the Treaty of Finckenstein. Detail of a painting by François...
Friedrichstein, and Dönhoffstädt (counts Dönhoff), Finckenstein (counts Finck von Finckenstein), and Capustigall (counts Waldburg) were built in competition...
manor, and Maria Elisabeth née Salomon on 30 April 1716 in Königsberg. He died at his manor at Weißenstein. Jean de Bodt FinckensteinPalace (in German)...
his involvement with Arthur Drews. Dohna hired him as a pastor in FinckensteinPalace. The conservative politician Elard von Oldenburg-Januschau belonged...
of Napoleon, who had made a pact of friendship with Iran in the FinckensteinPalace in 1807. Fath-Ali Shah, however, switched to the British when Napoleon...
beginning of the 14th Century –a cadet branch of the family named Finck von Finckenstein came to prominence in East Prussia, possibly after participating in the...
and renovated, leading to the completion of the Palace of Queluz and the inauguration of the Palace of Ajuda and other new monuments. The death of her...
last gasp. On 6 January 1762, he wrote to Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein, "We ought now to think of preserving for my nephew, by way of negotiation...
"sacrifice herself for the country" and accept the king by her relative Count Finckenstein, who wished to replace Wilhelmine von Lichtenau, with the argument that...
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