Palace in Lekowo

Lekowo Palace was built around 1800 and was rebuilt in the 19th century in pseudo-Classicist forms with Neo-Gothic elements. The heritage register describes it as Neoclassical, brick, from the second half of the 19th century. Together with a park from the early 19th century it forms a palace complex entered in the register in 1978 (numbers 1002 and A-1163; the second entry was supplemented in 2013).

The village

Lekowo lies 9 km north-west of Świdwin, on the small Lake Lekowo Małe (4.08 ha). In 1882 there was a large farm here, a steam starch works and a brickworks, and before the Second World War the estate covered 922 ha. In 1946-1954 the village was the seat of Lekowo municipality, and today it is a village council area in Świdwin municipality.

Practical information

• The palace is viewed from outside; the rules for entering the grounds are best checked with the Świdwin municipal office.
• In the same village, about 0.5 km further on, stands the half-timbered Church of Sts Peter and Paul in Lekowo from 1751.
• The route can be extended to include the church in Słowieńsko (about 5.5 km).