History 

Part of Schwanenburg dates back to the former Kaiserbahnhof Potsdam-Wildpark, now the Park Sanssouci stop. This was researched by Karl Liebscher of the Panketal History Association https://www.geschichtsverein-panketal.de. The half-timbered house was a reception building of the Kaiserbahnhof, built in 1868. There is also a book about this by Barbara Eggers.

This station was demolished starting in 1905 because it had become too small, leading to the construction of the new Kaiserbahnhof, which today houses the DB Akademie in a station otherwise rarely used. The old half-timbered buildings were put into storage, and their whereabouts remained unknown since 1912. At the same time, an inn called 'Schwanenburg' was built by Otto Pierau in Schwanebeck on Bucher Chaussee. The Schwanenburg successfully operated as an inn, coffee house, but also as a tree nursery and for various dance events.

The old pine wood coffered ceiling of the Kaiserbahnhof has been preserved to this day, as has the solid entrance door.
After the Second World War, the building, which was temporarily located on the heavily guarded border between East Berlin and Brandenburg, was partly occupied by Soviet soldiers, then returned to the Pierau family, and used as a restaurant and event venue with various tenants. In the last approximately 15 years before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, it fell into disrepair due to a lack of renovation. An heir of the Pierau family renounced the inheritance, making it municipal property.

After the reunification, entrepreneur Bernd Sparfeld bought it from the municipality, and a few superficial renovations were carried out. An office building was constructed right next to it, and both buildings were used for printer distribution. The old building's ground floor was used as a warehouse, while the first floor and attic contained offices or company apartments.  

Between approximately 2005 and 2015, the old building, then owned by the widow and daughter Sparfeld, was no longer in use.

Renovations began in 2015, and the old building has been used as an apartment house since 2019.