Kamień Manor

Kamień Manor stands in the village of Kamień near Gryfów Śląski, in the Mirsk municipality, in Lwówek County. It is the ruin of a former manor house from the early 17th century, part of a larger manor farm complex.

Date and founder

The building was erected in 1602, as shown by the date and inscription on the semicircular portico: "Johanis Elsner Oberförster". Its founder was Johannes Elsner, a forester in the service of the von Schaffgotsch family. The manor house has a rectangular plan with two corner bay recesses at the front, and was built of stone with brick reinforcements and extensions.

Rebuildings up to the 1980s

The building underwent further rebuildings in the 18th century, between 1850 and 1875, and in the 1980s. During the last of these the eastern turret was demolished and buttresses were added to the walls.

Present condition: a ruin

The building is today a ruin. It has retained two storeys and a partial cellar, and inside, barrel and groin vaults supported on octagonal pillars have survived. After the Second World War it was settled by resettlers from beyond the eastern border, part of the premises later became private property, and most of the site belongs to the municipality.

Conservation protection

The manor house, together with the manor farm complex, was entered in the voivodeship register of heritage sites in 2000, and the ruin itself was separately included in the municipal record of heritage sites in 2020.

Surroundings

Nearby it is worth seeing the GEOPARK - St John's Mine in Krobica and the attractions of Świeradów-Zdrój, including the Devil's Mill and the Spa Park, and a little further away, Gryf Castle.

Practical information

• Address: Kamień 32, 59-630 Kamień, Mirsk municipality
• The building is a roofless ruin without complete storeys, on land that is partly private and partly municipal
• There is no organised exhibition or guided tour here; before visiting, bear in mind that this is an unsecured site