"40 years of the Freunde der Preußischen Schlösser und Gärten e.V. - what a pleasure it is to be a member!" says Leon van Lee in the magazine of the Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg (SPSG) in cooperation with Der Tagesspiegel.

For him, the Freunde are also a home away from home: "A very vivid childhood memory is the telephone room in Bad Homburg Palace - the Empress's direct line to Potsdam." As an arts lawyer at dtb rechtsanwälte, he is aware of all the work that volunteers in particular do in the cultural sector. His special thanks therefore go to Mailin von Knobelsdorff. Together with the fritzen, she founded an initiative for teenagers and young adults to immerse themselves in the world of Prussian palaces and gardens.

"SANS, SOUCI. " - with a full stop and a comma, just as Frederick the Great had it written on his favourite palace in Potsdam - is published four times a year as a supplement to the daily newspapers Der Tagesspiegel and Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten. The magazine is then available free of charge for a short time at the palace ticket offices.