Waldenburg Castle (Silesia)

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Waldenburg Castle - Palais Czettritz

The Waldenburg Castle (also Palais Waldenburg , Palais Czettritz ) (Polish Zamek Czettritzów w Wałbrzychu ) is located in the center of the town of Wałbrzych (Waldenburg) in Lower Silesia .

history

Waldenburg Castle around 1900
Portal with the Czettritz coat of arms

It was built 1606–1628 for Diprand von Czettritz auf Neuhaus in the Renaissance style in Oberwaldenburg on the then city limits of Waldenburg. The construction took place after a fire in Neuhaus Castle , the ruins of which are still in the Dittersbach ( Dzietrzychów ) district today. From 1738 the castle was owned by the Counts of Hochberg auf Fürstenstein (who later became the Prince of Pless ). In 1857 the old castle was rebuilt and since then has been the administrative seat for the von Hochberg family's estates. In the years 1882-1883 a reconstruction and an extension in the style of the neo-renaissance was made. The castle was originally built in the Oberwaldenburg district, but is now located in the city center of Waldenburg (Wałbrzych – Śródmieście, Zamkowa 4) not far from the ring.

The castle has two floors and a third attic floor . Many rooms of the castle are equipped with vaulted ceilings. The most beautiful Renaissance stucco ornaments are in the anteroom. The Renaissance portal at the main entrance on the east side of the castle is provided with a cartouche of the von Czettritz and von Zedlitz families .

The castle complex includes the Czettritz Park (laid out in 1886) with an area of ​​about five hectares, a residence of the castle administrator from the end of the 18th century, economic outbuildings (stables and coach house) from the 19th century and two villas belonging to the von Hochberg family from 1905 and from 1923. Duchess Mary Theresa von Pless, Mistress of Fürstenstein and Princess of Pless , called Princess Daisy (an aunt of Winston Churchill ), the last owner of Waldenburg Castle, died in the older villa in 1943 . In 2007 a memorial for the Duchess was erected in the courtyard. Since 2004 the State University of Applied Sciences " Angelus Silesius " (PWSZ im. Angelusa Silesiusa w Wałbrzychu) has been housed in the castle .

Further palace buildings in Waldenburg

  • The Palais Alberti (Polish: Pałac Albertich w Wałbrzychu ) in the city center of Waldenburg was built from 1800 to 1803 by the Waldenburg master builder Leopold Niederäcker according to plans by the architect Carl Gotthard Langhans . In 1834 it was bought by the Alberti family of textile manufacturers. Now it houses the regional museum (porcelain museum).
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  • The Palais Tielsch (also Altwasser Castle ) (Polish: Pałac Tielscha w Wałbrzychu ) is located in the Altwasser district ( Stary Zdrój ). It was built in the years 1860–1863 by Carl Robert Tielsch , the founder of the porcelain manufactory C. Tielsch & Co. , as a manufacturer's villa next to the company.
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  • The Reussendorf Castle (Polish: Pałac w Rusinowej ) in the Rusinowa district , built 1720–1730, served the porcelain manufacturer Egmont Tielsch, the heir and owner of the Tielsch porcelain factory, as a family seat from 1888.
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  • The ruins of Neuhaus Castle are located south of the town center on the wooded Castle Hill (Zamkowa Góra) in the district of Dittersbach ( Dzietrzychów ), also known as Podgórze II. There is no castle in the Podgórze I district.
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  • Fürstenstein Castle (Polish: Zamek Książ ) in the Wałbrzych – Książ district
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literature

  • Karl August Müller: Patriotic images, or history and description of all castles and knight palaces in Silesia and the county of Glatz. 2nd edition, Glogau 1844, p. 24.
  • Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , pp. 367-368.
  • Dehio -Manual of Art Monuments in Poland Silesia . Munich • Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-422-03109-X , p. 981
  • Heinrich Bartsch: Unforgettable Waldenburg homeland . Norden (Ostfriesl.) 1969, pp. 355-356
  • Leopold Freiherr von Zedlitz-Neukirch: New Prussian Nobility Lexicon . Leipzig 1836.

Web links

Commons : Waldenburg Castle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cultural routes - Wałbrzych - Castle of the Czettritz family
  2. ↑ Waldenburg Information Center - Czettritz Castle

Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′ 43.3 "  N , 16 ° 16 ′ 55.5"  E