Palace in Baworowo, palace in Leśna, Poland

The Palace in Baworowo is a three-story building from around 1800 with a rectangular plan, situated on a large estate with parks and outbuildings. The main facade features a long row of windows with a central section topped by a triangular roof element, while sides are reinforced with decorative vertical features.

Hans von Bissing, owner of Baworowa, built the palace in 1800. His son Adolf took it over in 1842 and rebuilt it around 1850. It stayed with the von Bissing family until World War II, then passed to the local state farm (PGR) and fell into disrepair. A 2006 fire destroyed the already dilapidated building; after the roof was removed, only the walls with remnants of decoration remained.

The palace stayed in the hands of the von Bissing family until the Second World War, when the estate passed to the local state farm (PGR). Its name survives in the district Baworowa, German Beerberg, on the Upper Lusatian side of the Kwisa river, which formed the eastern border of Upper Lusatia.

The palace stands in Baworowa, a district of Leśna in Lubań County, on the Izera Foothills above the Kwisa, which marks the historic eastern edge of Upper Lusatia. The building is a ruin: after the 2006 fire the roof was removed and only walls with remnants of decoration remain, so the structure itself cannot be entered. The complex also takes in a park, and the site is a listed immovable monument.

The palace stayed in the hands of Hans von Bissing's descendants until World War II. After 1945 the local state farm (PGR) took over the palace and farm buildings, and maintenance was neglected. A fire in 2006 destroyed the already dilapidated building; the roof was removed and only walls with remnants of decoration remain.