A Renaissance castle from 1590-1599 in Piotrowice Świdnickie, privately owned, viewable only from the outside.
The castle in Piotrowice Świdnickie is a Renaissance building erected in 1590-1599 for Jacob von Zedlitz, on the site of an earlier moated castle, in the municipality of Jaworzyna Śląska.
The building is built of stone and brick, rendered, erected on a square plan, two storeys high, covered with a steep gable roof. At the four corners are cylindrical, three-storey towers topped with pyramidal roofs. On the south-eastern side the castle is surrounded by a moat with a three-span stone bridge. The interior has a three-bay layout, with a hall covered by a barrel vault and a representative hall on the upper floor.
During the Thirty Years' War the building was completely plundered, and it was rebuilt in the second half of the 17th century. In 1799 it was rebuilt for Siegroth von Schlawkau, and another renovation was carried out in 1894, covering among other things the upper-floor interiors and the tower roofs. Following the destruction of the Second World War, wall and ceiling reinforcement works were carried out in 1973-1976, and in 1989-1990 the facades were renovated and the roof truss strengthened.
The castle remains privately owned and can only be viewed from the outside. The building is listed in the heritage register under number 289 (entry from 1951) and A/4490/289 (entry from 2010), and the complex also includes a farmstead from the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.
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