Palace in Dzwonowo

Dzwonowo Palace is a former Renaissance manor house of the von Wedel family, extended in the Neoclassical style and entered in the heritage register. It stands in Marianowo municipality in Stargard County.

The building and park

According to the Encyclopedia of West Pomerania, the two-storey brick building has a ceiling dated to 1565, and it was extended at the end of the 19th century and in the 1930s. It has a gable roof, a portico supporting a balcony and a rusticated façade. The heritage register gives the 18th century. Nearby are farm buildings and a park from the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries covering 8.75 ha, with a pond and old trees: a beech, a horse chestnut and a lime.

History and today

The village belonged to the Wedels from the Middle Ages until the 19th century. After 1945 the estate was taken over by a state farm. Today the palace is privately owned. The Encyclopedia describes the site as not accessible, and Wikipedia describes it as a ruin. About 200 m further on stands the Gothic Church of St John the Evangelist from the second half of the 15th century.

Practical information

• Visitors can see the church and the surroundings of the village, while the palace is a private property.
• In Marianowo, 4.4 km away, stands the monastery complex.