A Premonstratensian nuns' convent, a Griffin castle and a Neoclassical palace in the centre of Trzebiatów, today the seat of a cultural centre, a library and the Feininger gallery.
The palace in Trzebiatów at Wojska Polskiego 67 is a Neoclassical building that grew up on the site of a medieval ducal stronghold, a Premonstratensian nuns' convent and a Renaissance castle of the Griffins. Since 1989 it has housed the Trzebiatów Cultural Centre with a public library and the Lyonel Feininger art gallery. The building is entered in the heritage register.
In the 12th century a ducal stronghold stood here, which in 1224 passed to Duchess Anastasia, widow of Duke Bogislaw I. On the advice of the Premonstratensian abbot of Białoboki she gave the estate for a convent of Premonstratensian nuns, which she herself entered. Around 1285 the buildings of the stronghold were rebuilt as a nunnery, and next to it St Nicholas' Church was built. In the 16th century the order was secularised and the buildings were taken over by the Pomeranian dukes of the House of Griffin.
In 1560 the convent was rebuilt as a Renaissance castle. From 1619 it was the residence of Duchess Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein, widow of Duke Philip II, and after her death the castle passed to the Elector of Brandenburg. After a fire in 1679 it was completely rebuilt around 1682, which agrees with the dating in the heritage register (1682). In 1690 Frederick I of Prussia stayed here briefly.
In 1750-1791 the owner was Duke Frederick Eugene of Württemberg. His son Frederick I of Württemberg and his daughter Elisabeth of Württemberg were born in Trzebiatów, and the future Empress Maria Feodorovna spent her childhood here. In the 18th century the former castle was rebuilt in the Neoclassical style. In 1785-1790 Maria Czartoryska, Duchess of Württemberg, lived here, and she was visited by the painter Jan Rustem, the author of the palace paintings. In 1797-1811 the palace belonged to Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher.
It then became the property of the mayor of Trzebiatów, who decided to demolish part of the building. In 1855 the building lost its residential functions and went to the Land Office, after the First World War it housed an agricultural school, and after 1945 barracks, offices and flats, among other uses.
The Trzebiatów Cultural Centre runs a library and the Lyonel Feininger art gallery in the palace, and the centre's website also mentions a museum. The gallery has no works by this painter in its collections; it only bears his name. You can find current exhibitions and events on the centre's website.
The palace lies in the town centre. It is about 300 metres from the town hall and about 200 metres from the Church of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A little further on stands the water tower.
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