Zamek Piława Górna, Palace in Piława Górna, Poland.
Zamek Piława Górna is a palace located in the Lower Silesian region, south of Wrocław. The structure displays the solid construction and organized layout typical of a country manor built to serve administrative and residential purposes for the local landholding family.
The estate was first recorded in 1367, when Duke Bolko II of Świdnica pledged Ober- and Nieder-Peilau to Franz von Peterswald. In 1700 Siegmund von Gladis acquired it, giving the name Gladishof. Between 1860 and 1880 the Prussian diplomat Wilhelm von Perponcher-Sedlnitzky bought the property and replaced a Renaissance manor with the present palace, later remodeled in Neo-Gothic style.
The name Gladishof comes from Siegmund von Gladis, who bought the estate in 1700. Today the renovated palace hosts recurring cultural events, including patriotic evenings on 11 November and seminars on Charolaise cattle breeding, and can be booked for private functions with overnight stays.
The palace stands in the centre of Piława Górna, a town between Ząbkowice Śląskie and Dzierżoniów, so it is reached by town streets rather than country tracks. The building is private and only partly open: cultural evenings, seminars and private events with overnight stays are arranged there. The 3.8-hectare landscape park east and south of the residence has been cleared and its terraces rebuilt; stone steps lead up the park hill.
The property was long known by its German name Schloss Gladishof, a label that persists in regional records today. This dual naming shows how buildings in this region retained their multilingual identities across different historical periods.
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