Poland · 17th century
Słobity Palace (Polish: Pałac w Słobitach; German: Schloss Schlobitten) is a ruined baroque palace in Słobity, in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Poland, constructed between 1622 and 1624.
It was the seat of the Schlobitten branch of the Dohna family. In 1945, it was looted and plundered by the Red Army, before it was set afire. Since then it has been a ruin.
Part of the inventory and collections was saved by prince Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1899–1997); he later transferred this to the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg in order to keep it together; it can be now admired as the Dohna-Schlobitten collection in Schloss Doberlug in Doberlug-Kirchhain, Germany.
The palace was one of the so-called 'royal palaces' of the former province of East Prussia, which could be used by the king of Prussia while travelling around. It was one of the best examples of Baroque architecture in East Prussia. Today, the palace is in poor condition and deteriorating. Also, the landscape park is totally neglected.
Text adapted from “Słobity Palace” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Słobity Palace ranks #2,254 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #78 of the 397 mapped in Poland. Founded 1622, it is older than 29% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 708 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,890 times in the last 60 days, more than 77% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Gdańsk, 77 km away. It is one of the 25 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Warmia and Masuria. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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