Palace in Pobiedna, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Baroque palace in Pobiedna, Poland.
The Palace in Pobiedna is a plain Rococo three-winged building on a horseshoe plan, two storeys high with 16 axes and steep hipped roofs with dormers. A central risalit on the front and a matching one at the rear are crowned by gables with a mansard. It stands within a palace complex that also holds an English park with garden pavilions and a belvedere.
Adolf Traugott von Gersdorff bought the Meffersdorf estate in 1756 for 104,000 Reichstaler and had the previous building demolished in 1767–68 to erect the present palace. He installed a library of 12,000 scientific books and collections of instruments, minerals and prints. After 1945 the palace passed to Polish ownership; a fire in the 1980s was followed by renovation that was then halted.
The palace's German name, Schloss Meffersdorf, comes from the village of Meffersdorf, later called Wigandsthal and today Pobiedna; the Polish name Pałac w Pobiednej was adopted after 1945–48. Adolf Traugott von Gersdorf kept a library of 12,000 scientific books here, along with collections of meteorological, physical and mathematical instruments, minerals, drawings and engravings.
The building is located in Pobiedna within Lower Silesian Voivodeship and received heritage monument status in 1966. Access may be limited so it is best to check conditions before planning your visit.
Adolf Traugott von Gersdorf filled the palace with a library of 12,000 scientific books, plus collections of meteorological, physical and mathematical instruments, minerals, drawings and engravings. He also had the Mon Plaisir tower built 1.5 km away in 1804 as an observatory.
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