Gawrony Castle, Medieval castle in Rudna, Poland

Gawrony Castle no longer exists: the baroque schloss at Gawronki, its corners given squat towers and its portal topped by a balcony, was stripped of its fittings after 1945 and demolished in the 1950s. Only the site and the historical record remain.

The castle dates to the 14th century and from the 15th century belonged to the Loeben family, then to the von Gaffron-Kunern, von Niebelschütz and von Schweinichen families. The von Schweinichen rebuilt it as a Baroque palace with squat corner towers and a portal topped by a balcony. In 1780 Count von Schönaich-Carolath acquired it; after 1945 the stripped palace was demolished in the 1950s.

The estate gave its name to the von Gaffron-Kunern family, and the village church of Klein-Gaffron held epitaphs of the von Schweinichen family and their wives, who rebuilt the residence as a baroque palace. The writer Ernst Lohmeyer worked there as a tutor before his later theological career.

The castle no longer exists: it was demolished in the 1950s after being stripped of its furnishings following the 1945 transfer of Silesia to Poland. Visitors reach the village of Gawronki in the rural gmina of Rudna, Lubin County; there is no castle building to enter, only the site and its surroundings.

The castle was demolished in the 1950s after being stripped of its furnishings, and locals in Lower Silesia say the material was later used to rebuild Wrocław. The estate once covered around 4,000 hectares, of which 1,400 were forest and 600 water and other land.