History of the Palace

The neo-Renaissance palace, surrounded by a beautiful English, park was erected in the years 1845-1846 according to the design of Friedrich August Stüler on the initiative of the brothers Ryszard and Hermann von Roy, who bought the property in 1840. The residence together with the surrounding areas had the title of Knightly Goods, which had a very ennobling meaning not only symbolic, but also legal. For many centuries only the nobility had the right to acquire knight goods.

In 1847, the brothers divided all the manor into two estates, then in 1861. Ryszard von Roy bought the part belonging to his brother and the whole property was again in the hands of one owner. The next owner was the von Schlichting family, known since the 11th century, closely related to almost all royal families in Europe.

In later years, the Palace was in the hands of the von Schlichting and von Harnier families. In January 1945, for fear of the Red Army, 6-year-old Albrecht von Harnier left his estate with his great-grandmother Helena von Schlichting (née von Roy). Albrecht's mother - Anna von Harnier, died in childbirth and was buried in a chapel on the southern edge of the park.

In 1945, a state agricultural farm with its offices and staff flats was established here and later - a school (People's University), and a kindergarten were launched. After 1989, the Palace underwent notorious devastation, original floors were uprooted, the doors and windows were cut with axes, the lintels were removed, the maple alleys were cut; the romantic park and the grange adjacent to the Palace were also destroyed. In 1993, the estate was entered into the Register of objects of cultural heritage of monuments. The current owners bought the Palace in 2005, and in 2006 they began renovation, which, due to the huge damage, lasted for 12 years and ended in 2018.

The neo-Renaissance palace, surrounded by a beautiful English, park was erected in the years 1845-1846 according to the design of Friedrich August Stüler on the initiative of the brothers Ryszard and Hermann von Roy, who bought the property in 1840. The residence together with the surrounding areas had the title of Knightly Goods, which had a very ennobling meaning not only symbolic, but also legal. For many centuries only the nobility had the right to acquire knight goods.

In 1847, the brothers divided all the manor into two estates, then in 1861. Ryszard von Roy bought the part belonging to his brother and the whole property was again in the hands of one owner. The next owner was the von Schlichting family, known since the 11th century, closely related to almost all royal families in Europe.

In later years, the Palace was in the hands of the von Schlichting and von Harnier families. In January 1945, for fear of the Red Army, 6-year-old Albrecht von Harnier left his estate with his great-grandmother Helena von Schlichting (née von Roy). Albrecht's mother - Anna von Harnier, died in childbirth and was buried in a chapel on the southern edge of the park.

In 1945, a state agricultural farm with its offices and staff flats was established here and later - a school (People's University), and a kindergarten were launched. After 1989, the Palace underwent notorious devastation, original floors were uprooted, the doors and windows were cut with axes, the lintels were removed, the maple alleys were cut; the romantic park and the grange adjacent to the Palace were also destroyed. In 1993, the estate was entered into the Register of objects of cultural heritage of monuments. The current owners bought the Palace in 2005, and in 2006 they began renovation, which, due to the huge damage, lasted for 12 years and ended in 2018.