Leszczyński Palace (Warsaw)
| Leszczyński Palace | ||
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| Creation time : | after 1800 | |
| Castle type : | palace | |
| Conservation status: | Reconstructed | |
| Place: | Warsaw | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 13 '24 " N , 21 ° 1' 25" E | |
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The Leszczyński Palace (also called Gawroński Villa ; Polish: Pałacyk Leszczyńskich or Willa Gawrońskich ) is located at Aleje Ujazdowskie No. 23 in Warsaw's inner city district . The Śleszyński Palace is directly attached to the building. Little is known of the palace's pre-war history. In the 2000s, it was often the subject of a legal dispute between the descendants of the prewar owner and the representations of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Serbia in the regional media .
history
The building history of the city palace is unknown. According to some sources, the building was built in the 19th century in a neo-baroque style. The architect is also unknown; the property may have been converted by Marcin Weinfeld in 1924. It is undisputed that the palace was built for a member of the Leszczyński family and that it came into the possession of the Gawroński family before the Second World War .
The Kutschera assassination
During the occupation in World War II, the headquarters of the SS and police headquarters of the Warsaw district was located in the building . On February 1, 1944, a fatal assassination attempt on the Warsaw SS and police leader Franz Kutschera was carried out in front of the palace . The "Kutschera-Aktion" (Polish: Akcja Kutschera ) was ordered by August Emil Fieldorf (pseudonym "Nil"), the boss of the "Kedyw KG" of the "Pegaz", a unit of the company "Agat" of the Szare Szeregi , carried out. A memorial stone on the side of the road today commemorates the attack.
After the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, the palace was burned down. After the war it was rebuilt under Szymon Syrkus . One floor of the mansard roof, which was previously in a baroque style, was not restored. Some of the baroque-style decorations on the facade were not reconstructed either. The interior of the building was connected to the adjoining Śleszyński Palace and first handed over to the United States (1948–1953) and then to the Republic of Yugoslavia for use as an embassy.
Restitution dispute
The two buildings were used by the embassy of Yugoslavia and subsequently the embassy of Serbia until the end of the 2000s. As early as 2000, the heirs of the pre-war owner (initially the Italian Luciana Frassati-Gawrońska, the wife of the late diplomat Jan Gawroński and later her son, the EU MP Jas Gawronski ) requested the property in the Al. Ujazdowskie 23 , which was expropriated by Bolesław Bierut after the war on the basis of the “Warsaw Decree” . In 2002 the property was transferred back under Polish law, but the owner was not granted access by the user. The users who had financed the reconstruction of the property challenged the judgment. In the further course, in addition to the difficult legal relationship between the Polish and Yugoslav states, the break-up of Yugoslavia contributed to further complications of the proceedings. It was not until 2008 that the evacuation order for the building that had been used as an embassy was issued. Shortly before its execution, the diplomats moved out. For the unauthorized use after the refund, the heirs demanded compensation of 25 million zloty.
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter H. Baumgarten (ed.): Poland. Baedeker Allianz Travel Guide , Verlag Karl Baedeker, Ostfildern 1993, ISBN 3-87504-542-4 , p. 417
- ↑ Waldemar Kowalski: 67 lat temu przeprowadzono udany zamach na Franza Kutscherę , February 1, 2011 at HistMag.org ( Polish )
- ↑ Piotr Margas: Investigation authorities in Warsaw 1939-1945 on Czapki na Bakier ( Polish )
- ↑ a b Aleje Ujazdowskie ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at UTM-Ulice Towjego Misata ( Polish )
- ^ Jan Gawroński (1892-1982) was a Polish diplomat. His wife was Luciana Frassati, daughter of the founder of the daily La Stampa
- ↑ Mariusz Jałoszewski: Ambasada Serbii i Czarnogóry straci swoją siedzibę , March 24, 2004 at GazetaWyborcza.pl ( Polish )
- ↑ Iwona Szpala: Eksmisji never będzie. Serbia oddaje pałacyk at Gazeta.pl Warszawa , August 13, 2010 ( Polish )
- ↑ niezwykle i precedensowe procesy w 2011 r. ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , December 29, 2011 at rp.pl ( Polish )
See also
Web links
- Brief description and historical recordings at Warszawa1939.pl (in Polish)