History of the site

The palace in Jędrzychowice was erected in 1726 by the then land owner, Samuel Mielęcki, in place of an earlier seat exhibiting the Renaissance spirit. A park was also created at that time. In the years 1909-1910, a subsequent owner, Karol Gilka-Bötzow, expanded the residence by adding a wing with a representational ballroom and two cylindrical towers to the Baroque corps de logis. From the first quarter of the 20th century the estate belonged to the von Schlichting comital family, whose ancestors had established the nearby Szlichtyngowa village. After World War II the property belonged to the State Agricultural Holding and from 1949 it was managed by the State Centre for Pedigree Breeding in Osowa Sień. In the early 1990s the complex went into the hands of private owners. In 1994 it was bought by Sigrun von Schlichting-Bukowiec, an heiress to the pre-war owners, who was conducting renovation and conservation works at the palace until her death. Currently, the renovated part of the palace hosts a small hotel and a café, while the Baroque-style section is undergoing refurbishment.

Description of the site

The palace and park complex is situated in the north-eastern part of the village, approx. 500 m from the Wschowa-Głogów road. The palace occupies the western part of the complex. A landscape park stretches at the north end of the palace, manor farm buildings - on the east side and on the south side the palace neighbours on a Gothic church and an outbuilding. The residential part is partially circumscribed by a masonry fence with an entrance gate at the palace. The palace consists of two components - a Baroque one and a Baroque Revival one - designed on a rectangular floor plan and adjoining each other with shorter sides. At the meeting point with the older, two-storey one, the newer, one-storey part is framed on the sides by two cylindrical, four-storey towers. Both components have basements and usable attics covered with mansard roofs. The towers are topped with cupolas with roof lanterns. The façades of the Baroque component part are analogously arranged at the front and on the garden side - a three-axial central part is accentuated by pilasters and crowned with pronounced, volute-shaped wall dormers in the roof section. The windows are enclosed in surrounds of different shapes. The façades of the newer wing are accentuated by Baroque Revival detailing in the form of pilasters, panels, cornices and pediments. Basements under the corps de logis are covered with double barrel vaults. The interior has a two-bay layout, with a pass-through hallway positioned on the axis of the building. Wooden staircases in the towers have survived, similarly as stuccos in the newer part and remnants of a polychrome in the older component part. The landscape park stretches to the north of the palace and occupies the area of 12 hectares. The Krzycki Rów watercourse, constituting an important landscape element of the complex, flows across its southern part. Three bridges pass over it, two of which are original. The central section of the park includes a clearing with a single oak in the middle. It is overgrown with oaks, hornbeams and coniferous trees on the edges. Valuable trees, aged between 220 and 260 years, mainly include oak, elm, maple, lime, beech, ash, hornbeam and alder. The communication layout of the park has remained visible. An outbuilding in the Classicist style, located to the south of the palace, was erected around 1800.

The palace and park complex is situated in the north-eastern part of the village, approx. 500 m from the Wschowa-Głogów road. The palace occupies the western part of the complex. A landscape park stretches at the north end of the palace, manor farm buildings - on the east side and on the south side the palace neighbours on a Gothic church and an outbuilding. The residential part is partially circumscribed by a masonry fence with an entrance gate at the palace. The palace consists of two components - a Baroque one and a Baroque Revival one - designed on a rectangular floor plan and adjoining each other with shorter sides. At the meeting point with the older, two-storey one, the newer, one-storey part is framed on the sides by two cylindrical, four-storey towers. Both components have basements and usable attics covered with mansard roofs. The towers are topped with cupolas with roof lanterns. The façades of the Baroque component part are analogously arranged at the front and on the garden side - a three-axial central part is accentuated by pilasters and crowned with pronounced, volute-shaped wall dormers in the roof section. The windows are enclosed in surrounds of different shapes. The façades of the newer wing are accentuated by Baroque Revival detailing in the form of pilasters, panels, cornices and pediments. Basements under the corps de logis are covered with double barrel vaults. The interior has a two-bay layout, with a pass-through hallway positioned on the axis of the building. Wooden staircases in the towers have survived, similarly as stuccos in the newer part and remnants of a polychrome in the older component part. The landscape park stretches to the north of the palace and occupies the area of 12 hectares. The Krzycki Rów watercourse, constituting an important landscape element of the complex, flows across its southern part. Three bridges pass over it, two of which are original. The central section of the park includes a clearing with a single oak in the middle. It is overgrown with oaks, hornbeams and coniferous trees on the edges. Valuable trees, aged between 220 and 260 years, mainly include oak, elm, maple, lime, beech, ash, hornbeam and alder. The communication layout of the park has remained visible. An outbuilding in the Classicist style, located to the south of the palace, was erected around 1800.

The palace and park complex is situated in the north-eastern part of the village, approx. 500 m from the Wschowa-Głogów road. The palace occupies the western part of the complex. A landscape park stretches at the north end of the palace, manor farm buildings - on the east side and on the south side the palace neighbours on a Gothic church and an outbuilding. The residential part is partially circumscribed by a masonry fence with an entrance gate at the palace. The palace consists of two components - a Baroque one and a Baroque Revival one - designed on a rectangular floor plan and adjoining each other with shorter sides. At the meeting point with the older, two-storey one, the newer, one-storey part is framed on the sides by two cylindrical, four-storey towers. Both components have basements and usable attics covered with mansard roofs. The towers are topped with cupolas with roof lanterns. The façades of the Baroque component part are analogously arranged at the front and on the garden side - a three-axial central part is accentuated by pilasters and crowned with pronounced, volute-shaped wall dormers in the roof section. The windows are enclosed in surrounds of different shapes. The façades of the newer wing are accentuated by Baroque Revival detailing in the form of pilasters, panels, cornices and pediments. Basements under the corps de logis are covered with double barrel vaults. The interior has a two-bay layout, with a pass-through hallway positioned on the axis of the building. Wooden staircases in the towers have survived, similarly as stuccos in the newer part and remnants of a polychrome in the older component part. The landscape park stretches to the north of the palace and occupies the area of 12 hectares. The Krzycki Rów watercourse, constituting an important landscape element of the complex, flows across its southern part. Three bridges pass over it, two of which are original. The central section of the park includes a clearing with a single oak in the middle. It is overgrown with oaks, hornbeams and coniferous trees on the edges. Valuable trees, aged between 220 and 260 years, mainly include oak, elm, maple, lime, beech, ash, hornbeam and alder. The communication layout of the park has remained visible. An outbuilding in the Classicist style, located to the south of the palace, was erected around 1800.

Visitor access. Limited access to the historic building. It can be visited upon prior telephone arrangement.

Author of the note: compiled by Marta Kłaczkowska, Regional Branch of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Zielona Góra, 17-11-2017

Bibliography

• Garbacz K., Przewodnik po zabytkach województwa lubuskiego, vol. 2, Zielona Góra 2012, pp. 331-332.
• Kowalski S., Zabytki architektury województwa lubuskiego, Zielona Góra 2010, p. 141;
• Zabytkowe parki województwa lubuskiego, Bielinis-Kopeć B. (ed.), Zielona Góra 2013, pp. 167-169;
• Zamki, dwory i pałace województwa lubuskiego, Bielinis-Kopeć B. (ed.), Zielona Góra 2007, pp. 118-120.