Manor House in Cielętniki

The manor house in Cielętniki, in Dąbrowa Zielona municipality in Częstochowa County, is a historic manor entered in the heritage register. Protected together with it are a lamus (storehouse) from the 18th century and a 19th-century park.

Owners and fate of the manor house

The manor house was built in 1725 by the Bystrzanowski family of the Starykoń coat of arms. In the mid-18th century the estate belonged to the Torguł family, in the 19th century the Kołaczkowski family lived here, then the Lemański and Kobierzycki families. In 1928 Cielętniki was bought by Stefan Steinhagen, a paper industrialist from a concern with factories in Myszków, Włocławek and Pabianice. After the land reform the estate was taken over by a state farm, and the manor house housed offices, a post office, a library, a fire brigade and council flats.

Architecture

It is a brick building on a rectangular plan, with a gable roof. The central facade is decorated with a small upper floor with a projection and a balcony supported on four pillars, and the rear elevation with a projection with columns and a triangular gable. Numerous rebuildings, the last in 1939, took away the building's stylistic features. The present private owners are carrying out a renovation intended to restore the character of the building.

What remains of the layout

A Baroque Arian chapel has survived, that is the former Polish Brethren meeting house, later a lamus, along with fragments of the park with a driveway and monumental trees, an orchard, a pond, farm buildings and a 19th-century distillery.

Practical information

• Village: Cielętniki, Dąbrowa Zielona municipality.
• The manor house is in private hands and under renovation; check the rules for entering the grounds and interiors with the municipal office before your visit.