Hohlstein Castle
The Hohlstein Castle ( Polish Pałac w Skale ) is the ruin of a castle in Skała (German Hohlstein ) in the rural community Lwówek Śląski ( Löwenberg ) in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland .
history
The village was first mentioned in 1347 when the Schweidnitz Duke Bolko II gave it to Seyfried von Reussendorf. The associated manor was a castle on the "hollow stone", which probably goes back to a fortification that belonged to the Löwenberg family Weidemann in 1385 and from 1401 to 1406 to Bernhard von Rechenberg . In 1427 the castle was destroyed during the Hussite Wars . In 1504 the castle was owned by the Kopatsch, in 1513 it came to Adam von Lest, who built a castle in place of the castle, which became the family seat. Around 1627 the castle and the Hohlstein estate were owned by the Counts of Promnitz , who were followed in the first half of the 18th century by the Counts of Redern , who arranged for the castle to be rebuilt. In 1798 the property came to the imperial count Peter von Biron , Duke of Courland and Semgallia and Sagan . In 1800 he left Hohlstein Castle and the associated estate of his daughter Pauline von Sagan , who in 1809 housed Theodor Körner at her castle. During the Wars of Liberation in 1813, the castle was used as their headquarters by both the Prussians and the French.
In 1845, the Hohlstein castle and estate passed to Pauline's son Konstantin . After his death in 1869 both fell to the princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen .
After the transition to Poland in 1945, the castle became part of a state agricultural production cooperative and fell into ruin.
Building
In the 17th century the castle was extended to a two-wing complex. A risalit-like tower extension with a loggia was built on the southeast side . At the end of the 17th century a third wing was added to the castle. Today's facade design with ear framing of the windows and a triglyph - first under the cross cornice dates from the 19th century. The castle was modernized around 1900.
The park achieved supraregional importance and was initially laid out on a stone terrace carved out of the rock in the late 18th century and expanded to the west and south at the beginning of the 19th century. Rare types of plants and trees have been planted in the park, a grotto, a moss hut, a tea house and the mausoleum "Temple of Luis" ( currently in ruins ). Thanks to the artistic commitment of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Constantin von Hohenzollern-Hechingen, the palace received a rich art collection.
Remains of classical stucco ceilings and fragments of sgraffitos bear witness to the building in the Renaissance style. The garden has been extensively restored, the castle is to be preserved as a ruin.
literature
- Arne Franke (Hrsg.): Small cultural history of the Silesian castles . tape 1 . Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, 2015, p. 188-189 .
- Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , p. 196
- Dehio Handbook of Art Monuments in Poland Silesia , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X , p. 844f.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 31.1 ″ N , 15 ° 35 ′ 29 ″ E