Wierzchowice Palace

The palace in the village of Wierzchowice, in the Gaworzyce municipality, in Polkowice County, was built in the 19th century for the von Rittberg family, on the site of an earlier knightly seat of the von Kreckwitz family.

From manor house to Neo-Renaissance palace

An earlier building on this site was already mentioned in 1791 as a manor house. At the end of the 19th century it was rebuilt in the Neo-Renaissance style, taking the form recognisable today.

Structure of the building

The palace is built of brick, raised on a rectangular plan, with two and three bays, and one storey. Shallow projecting bays are visible on the front and garden elevations, and the entrance is emphasised by a recessed portico. The building is covered by hipped roofs.

Park and manor farm

Around the palace, fragments of a 19th-century park layout have survived, along with a complex of manor-farm buildings from the same period, known as the palace farm.

Practical information

• Address: Wierzchowice, Gaworzyce municipality, Polkowice County
• Getting there: local road from Gaworzyce; the building is privately owned
• What to expect: a historic palace with a surviving park and manor-farm buildings, viewing from the outside; the Gaworzyce Municipal Culture Centre and Library also operates in the municipality

Nearby

Similar landed-gentry residences stand close by: Dalków Palace, Jakubów Palace and Śrem Palace, which shows that this part of Polkowice County has retained a dense network of former landed estates.