Palace in Gądno

The palace in Gądno, a village in Moryń municipality, is a Neoclassical residence with brick elevations, built around 1830-1840, listed in the heritage register. Today it is a ruin, which is viewed from the outside.

Founder and owners

The palace was founded by Friedrich von Mülheim, son of the starost of Chojna, a Prussian grand equerry and a breeder of Arabian horses. He was the half-brother of Ida von Lüttichau, a patron of the arts, to whom Richard Wagner dedicated the score of "The Flying Dutchman". After Friedrich's death the palace was inherited by Ida's daughter Henrietta, and the estate then passed down the female line to the von Rohr family. In the 1930s the sculptor and painter Barbara von Kalckreuth, among others, lived here. After the war new settlers lived in the building and a municipal shop operated in it, and without major renovation the residence fell into ruin.

Architecture

The author of the design referred to a popular type of noble residence of the 18th and 19th centuries, but distinguished the mass of the building with tall corner projections crowned with attics. The middle projection ends in a low triangular tympanum with a wide, semicircular niche over the whole height of the facade, and in it an entrance with a fanlight at first-floor level. Details were taken from the art of ancient Greece: palmettes, friezes, cornices and niches, and among the facade ornaments is an illusionistic window. Earlier, from 1608, Gądno belonged to the Schönebeck family, and the palace may have been built on the site of its former seat.

Practical information

• Address: Moryńska 5, Gądno, Moryń municipality.
• The building is ruined, so it is viewed from the outside, without going in.
• Nearby: the castle in Moryń (about 2 km), the Church of the Holy Spirit in Moryń and the Jewish cemetery in Moryń.