Palace in Bytowo (Stargard County)

Bytowo Palace is the ruin of a palace from 1870, entered in the heritage register in 2001. It stands on Lake Bytowskie in a village in Dobrzany municipality, in Stargard County.

The building and park

According to the Encyclopedia of West Pomerania, the palace was built with funds from H. Jahn, a manufacturer from Choszczno. It was originally a two-storey brick building on a rectangular plan, with an annexe, a columned portico, false projections and a mansard roof. After 1945 it belonged to a state farm. Nearby, farm buildings have survived, together with an English-style park of 4.7 ha by the lake and the Ina River, with a stone boundary wall and old trees, including Canadian hemlock and silver lime.

Practical information

• Bytowo lies 5.5 km north-east of Dobrzany, the seat of the municipality.
• The building is a ruin, so it is viewed from outside, without going into the interior.
• In Sokoliniec, 6.4 km away, stands St Joseph's Church.