Sibyllenort Castle

Sibyllenort Castle was a large palace complex in Szczodre (formerly Sibyllenort ). It was a castle of the Dukes of Oels and was known as the "Silesian Windsor". Today only an overgrown park reminds of the castle.

history

The village came to the von Gaffron family in 1592, who sold it to Duke Christian Ulrich von Württemberg-Oels in 1685 , who named the place Sibyllenort in honor of his wife. By 1692, a 13-axis castle, surrounded by a moat, was built as a summer residence. From 1792 to 1805, the castle was built by the building was increased, the main facade through superior risalits was expanded. Two domed round towers were built on the courtyard side .

Joseph von Eichendorff visited the palace in 1803 and praised the fact that the palace combines preciousness and taste. Between 1851 and 1867, Duke Wilhelm II had the complex rebuilt in the style of British castle gothic and expanded considerably. To the east of the Corps de Logis integrated into the new building , a new economic wing was built.

In 1884 the castle was inherited by King Albert I of Saxony , who used the castle as a summer residence. After the abdication of Friedrich August III. the castle became his permanent residence. After his death, the entire interior was auctioned, with the library going to the University of Wroclaw .

On January 26, 1945, the castle was set on fire by the Wehrmacht before the Red Army approached. Now within Poland , which was shifted to the west , the ruins were cleared from 1978 to the 1980s. Only a side wing of the theater and the Kavaliershaus have been preserved.

literature

• Arne Franke (Hrsg.): Small cultural history of the Silesian castles . tape 1 . Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, 2015, p. 285-287 .