Palace and folwark in Poznań Morasko, Historical palace and agricultural estate in Morasko, Poland.
The Palace in Morasko is a three-storey neo-Renaissance villa built in 1857 in an eclectic style, with brick walls covered in plaster and a gabled roof topped by a cube-like belvedere. A four-column portico stands before the entrance, and the front elevation keeps part of its architectural decoration. The villa adjoins an 18th-century late-Baroque manor house, and the former folwark grounds included a coach house and warehouse, granary, garages, barn, dovecote and park.
The neo-Renaissance palace was built in 1857 by the Frenchman Constantin Douchy. In 1883 Gustav von Trescow acquired the estate; around 1900 the village was proposed as a military training ground for the Prussian V Army Corps, and in 1902 it passed to the Colonization Commission, which parcelled it out. Adam Gries bought it in 1913, and from 1945 it belonged to the State Horticultural Farm Naramowice. Since 1997 it has been owned by the Archdiocese of Poznań.
The village was called Morawsko for centuries before the Prussian Colonisation Commission renamed it Nordheim in the early 20th century; the estate itself passed from the French builder Constantin Douchy to Gustav von Trescow in 1883. Since 1997 the palace has belonged to the Archdiocese of Poznań.
The palace stands at Sióstr Misjonarek 5 in northern Poznań, on the slopes of Moraska Góra above the Morasko meteorite reserve. The building is heavily devastated and at risk of collapse, with many lower windows boarded or panelled over; a yellow sign at the front forbids entry to unauthorised persons. Viewing is from the outside only, and the overgrown palace park with its protected oak is not a maintained visiting area.
The current residents are nuns of a religious congregation who have operated a convent there for decades while actively using the buildings. This arrangement combines preservation of the historic site with genuine ongoing life in its spaces.
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