Palace in Strzybnik

The Palace in Strzybnik, a village in the Rudnik municipality near Racibórz, is today a ruin surrounded by a historic park. It was a neoclassical palace with an attic supported on four columns. The palace is entered in the heritage register.

Where the palace came from

Sources date the building differently. The heritage register gives the year 1792, while other sources mention the will of Jadwiga Zofia von Drechsler from 1792, who set aside money for building a palace, which was raised only in the mid-19th century. The façade had nine bays, and the farm buildings around it included a forge, stables, a distillery and a mill. In 1919 the palace was renovated and rebuilt.

After 1944

From the 19th century the palace belonged to a single family, whose last members, a married couple, left it in 1944. In 1945 the property was taken over by the State Treasury and managed by a state farm. All that remained of the palace were ruins. The monument was entered in the register in 2020.

The park around the ruins

The ruins stand in a landscape park where copper beech, sweet chestnut and London plane grow. If you are exploring the area, the palace in Rudnik lies about one and a half kilometres away, and the palace and park complex in Krowiarki about five kilometres away.

Practical information

• Address: Zamkowa 15, Strzybnik, Rudnik municipality.
• The palace is a ruin, so there are no interiors to visit; the building is viewed from the outside.
• Check the rules of entry to the park with the Rudnik municipal office.