Palace in Morawa, Neoclassical palace in Morawa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
The Palace in Morawa displays eclectic architecture with neoclassical influences, featuring symmetrical facades adorned with Doric columns, ornate cornices, and decorative window frames crafted from natural stone with sandstone and granite details.
Benedictine nuns from Strzegom acquired the Muhrau estate in 1362 and ran a four-hufen farm with an oil mill and mulberry trees until secularisation. Eduard Theodor von Kramsta bought it in 1864 and built the present palace on the site of the monastic provost's building. Marie von Kramsta left it in 1916 to Hans Christoph von Wietersheim-Kramsta, whose family held it until 1945. After 1945 it served as a Civil Defence training centre and later housed a state farm office and a primary school.
The palace belongs to the Fundacja św. Jadwigi, founded by Melitta Sallai, daughter of the last owner. It runs a free all-day preschool, "Jadwiga", opened in 1993 for children from poor families, and a Polish-German meeting house that began in September 1994. The annual Music Academy in Morawa holds its international meetings here.
The palace stands at the eastern edge of Morawa, about four kilometres east of Strzegom, within a 12.3-hectare landscape park. The grounds are private: a kindergarten and the Hedwig Academy run here, so visits depend on the foundation's activities rather than regular opening hours. The park combines an 1824 garden with terraces, a fountain basin and a former pond turned fire reservoir.
The palace features a restored winter garden with glass walls, a reconstructed historic terrace, and a twelve-hectare landscape park containing remnants of a 1902 chapel-mausoleum alongside fountains and water features.
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