Manor House Complex in Kamesznica

The manor house complex in Kamesznica consists of a Neoclassical manor house from 1833, several outbuildings and a park of about 7.5 hectares. It stands on Dworkowa Street in the Milówka municipality, in the Żywiec Beskids.

History of the manor

The manor house was built as the summer residence of Counts Marceli and Teresa Potocki, on the site of former farm buildings from about 1720. In 1846 Teresa Potocka sold the estate to Karl Ludwig Habsburg, who set up the seat of the archducal forest administration here. Today the buildings are used by the forest administration.

Buildings and park

The manor house is single-storey, of brick, covered with a hipped roof. Lower down stands the office with a square clock tower topped with a bulbous shingle helm. The complex also includes a former stable with a coach house, a storehouse (lamus) and a cone-drying house. Of the former furnishings a Neo-Gothic marble fireplace has survived, and by the complex stands a stone cross with the date 1833 and the Pilawa coat of arms. In the park grows an eastern white cedar (thuja) about 150 years old with a trunk circumference of 193 cm, recognised as a natural monument, and beside it ash trees, lime trees, larches and sycamores.

Practical information

• Address: ul. Dworkowa, Kamesznica.
• The buildings are used by the administration, so they are usually viewed from the outside; check the rules of entry to the grounds before your visit.
• Nearby lies the “Stara Chałupa” Museum in Milówka.