A palace in Komorowice from 1630, rebuilt in the 18th and 20th centuries, with the coats of arms of successive owners on the facade.
Komorowice Palace, in a village in the Kondratowice municipality, in Strzelin County, was known in German as Schloss Kummelwitz. Its history goes back to 1630, when it was built by Heinrich von Waldau together with his wife Elisabeth von Mettich, as a knightly seat of the family.
A hundred years later, in 1730, the building was rebuilt by Krzysztof Henryk von Burgsdorff together with his wife Helene Hedwig von Paczensky und Tenczin. Further changes, in 1772 and at the beginning of the 20th century, enlarged the palace's form. By 1822 the estate belonged to Wilhelm Carl Lebrecht von Korckwitz.
Traces of this history can be seen on the building's facade. On the north wall are the coats of arms of Heinrich von Waldau and Elisabeth von Mettich together with the date 1630, and next to them the coat of arms of Krzysztof Henryk von Burgsdorff with the initials C.H.V.B. and of Helene Hedwig von Paczensky und Tenczin with the initials H.H.V.B.G.V.P. Above the entrance on the south side is the coat of arms of Wilhelm Carl Leberecht Korckwitz und Kuschdorf with the date MDCCCXXII, that is 1822.
The available sources do not state the technical condition the palace has survived in to this day or who its current owner or user is. There is also no information about the possibility of visiting, so this is worth checking locally before a visit, for example at the Kondratowice municipal office.
In the same municipality, a few kilometres away, stands the palace in Kondratowice. Nearby, less than two kilometres from Komorowice, is also the palace in Lipowa, and within a few kilometres the Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Żelowice.
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