Palace in Otwock Wielki
| Otwock Wielki | ||
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 Park side |
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| Creation time : | 1663 | |
| Castle type : | palace | |
| Conservation status: | Receive | |
| Place: | Otwock Wielki | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 2 '30.1 " N , 21 ° 14' 41.8" E | |
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The palace in Otwock Wielki (also: Bieliński Palace ) is a Baroque palace built from 1682 to 1689 about 30 kilometers south of Warsaw . The palace is used commercially as a café and for private events and partly houses a museum in which the furnishings of the former Polish marshal Józef Piłsudski are exhibited.
history
The palace is located in Otwock Wielki , a village of around 600 inhabitants that belongs to the Karczew rural community in the Otwock district in Mazovia . It is located around 600 meters east of the Vistula .
The builder of the palace was the Polish Bieliński family. The palace was a wedding present for Kazimierz Ludwik Bieliński and his wife Ludwika Marianna, the daughter of the poet Jan Andrzej Morsztyn . The architect of the building was Tylman van Gameren . In 1705, the Russian Tsar Peter I and the Polish King August the Strong met in the palace. In 1713 Franciszek Bieliński took over the property. From 1750 to 1760 he had the residence rebuilt by the royal architect Giacomo Fontana .
At the end of the 18th century, Jacek Jezierski , an important publicist in the time of Stanislaus II August Poniatowski, bought the castle. He died there in 1805. In 1827 the Warsaw merchant Józef Kurtz bought the property and renovated it. The palace remained in the hands of the Kurtz family for three generations. During the First World War, the palace was looted, between the two world wars it was no longer inhabited and fell into disrepair. From 1947 to 1958 it was rebuilt and renovated according to plans by Jan Koszczyc-Witkiewicz . In the 1970s it was taken over by the Government Chancellery (Urząd Rady Ministrów) and restored again. Lech Wałęsa was interned there during the time of martial law .
In 2004 it was taken over by the National Museum in Warsaw , subsequently completely renovated and has served as a branch for historical furniture since 2009.
Views of the castle
Moat
Detail from the park side of the palace
See also
References and comments
- ↑ After 1663 the Bieliński family became owners of extensive estates with their headquarters in Otwock Wielki
- ↑ Kreis Otwock ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 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. the Powiat Otwocki website - Powiat-otwocki.pl
- ↑ Kazimierz Ludwik Bieliński (* unknown † 1713) was a marshal of the Polish crown, a marshal of the Sejm and diplomat
- ^ Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–1693) was a Polish poet and a member of the nobility. He performed public functions such as that of the starost in Zawichost, Tymbark and Kowal and that of the deputy chancellor of the Exchequer from 1668. He was one of the leading poets of the Polish Baroque. From 1683 he lived in France
- ↑ Jacek Jezierski (1722–1805) was a Polish author, businessman and politician. From 1775 he was castellan of the city of Łuków . He was a supporter of closer political relations with Prussia and Great Britain and against the increasing influence of Russia in Poland
- ↑ It could have been the businessman and entrepreneur Jan Józef Kurtz, who founded a paper mill in Mirkow in 1776, according to Jerzy S. Majewski in the article Papiernia at Gazeta.pl/Warszawa on April 7, 2008
- ^ Jan Koszczyc Witkiewicz (1882-1958) was a Polish architect and monument protector
literature
- Polska niezwykla, Turystyczny atlas samochodowy , ISBN 83-7427-111-6 , Demart Verlag, Warsaw, 2005, p. 38
Web links
- Museum website (in Polish)
- Information about the village on the Karczew Commune website (in Polish)