Palace park in Siedlimowice, Palace park with historic ruins in Siedlimowice, Poland.
Palace park in Siedlimowice is a green area with building remains scattered across landscaped grounds, connected by walking paths. The ruins are distributed throughout the spacious property and show how the estate was once organized and laid out.
A fortified manor existed at Siedlimowice in the 14th century, owned by the knight Heimann von Seydlitz. A new manor was built around 1540 and served as a Swedish field hospital during the Thirty Years' War. By the mid-18th century a four-winged Baroque palace stood here. In 1867 Heinrich Pückler von Gröditz sold it to Heinrich August Korn, whose family rebuilt it in Neo-Renaissance style between 1873 and 1875. After 1945 it belonged to a state farm, and the ruins were sold in the early 21st century.
The Korn family's neo-Renaissance portal carries their coat of arms with ears of grain and the Latin motto "Candide et caute" (sincerely and cautiously). Above the door, a German inscription reads "Der Herr behüte dieses Haus und alle die geh'n ein und aus" (May the Lord protect this house and all who enter and leave). Oak-leaf garlands wrapped in ribbons frame the arch.
The palace stands in ruins, so entry into the building is unsafe; the surrounding landscape park and the remains of the former farm buildings, including the outbuilding and granary, are best viewed from the outside. The site lies south of Lake Mietkowski, in the village of Siedlimowice in the Żarów commune. Ground underfoot is uneven, with scattered stonework fragments in the ruins.
The main entrance portal, dated 1875, carries the Korn family coat of arms with ears of grain and the Latin motto Candide et caute (sincerely and cautiously). Above the door, a German inscription reads Der Herr behüte dieses Haus und alle die geh'n ein und aus. Scattered stonework fragments still lie inside the ruined interiors.
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