Lissa Castle
The Lissa Castle ( Polish Zamek w Leśnicy ) is a castle in Wrocław-Leśnica ( German Lissa ), which is now a cultural center.
history
Presumably there was already a small castle in the 12th century to protect the crossing over the Weistritz ( Bystrzya ). Boleslaus I of Silesia died here.
In 1339 the Bohemian King John of Luxembourg sold the castle to Wroclaw patricians . From 1494 to 1651 the castle belonged to the Hornig family from Breslau, who had the castle modernized. In 1631 the Silesian Chamber President Horatius von Forno bought the castle for 15,000 thalers , in 1733 the Lords of the Cross with the Red Star bought the castle.
In 1752 the castle was sold to Baron Ferdinand von Mudrach, who had the interior redesigned in the Rococo style by Johann Merck from 1752 to 1757 . On the evening of December 5, 1757 after the Battle of Leuthen, King Frederick the Great stayed in the castle. A painting by Adolph von Menzel depicts a scene from that evening.
The castle then passed to the Maltzan families, and in 1836 to Carl von Wylich and Lottum. He commissioned Peter Joseph Lenné to redesign the garden. The last German owner of the castle was Ludolf von Veltheim.
In 1953 the castle fell victim to a fire, but was rebuilt. The castle has housed a cultural center since 2008.
literature
- 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. 79
- Arne Franke (ed.): Brief cultural history of the Silesian castles , volume 1. Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, 2015, pp. 120–121
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 46.9 ″ N , 16 ° 52 ′ 13.8 ″ E