Kamieniec

State of preservation:		In this place a complete palace is located as well a tower of some defensive structure
Admission:		The palace houses a Therapeutic-Rehabilitative Center therefore the entry is heavily limited
Parking:		If you are not the guest of the Center, you have no spot to park
Searching difficulty:		The building is situated far off the main road and it is not easy to find it
Access difficulty:		If you succeed in parking your car on the gateway to the buildings, the access is very easy
Subjective rating:		The buildings of average beauty

Driving directions:

Driving from Bytom towards Strzelce Opolskie down the road no 94 after covering around 13 km, in Karchowice, you have to turn right to Kamieniec. There you should drive straight ahead all the way long down the main road. At the intersection with the "Stop" traffic sign, the palace is observable on the left side of the road, but the gateway is in the other place. You have to drive a bit straight on and turn left to Wielowieś, and then in the forest turn left again into an old gate. An uneven road lead straight to the palace.


Historical outline:

According to legends, in the place of a current palace in Kamieniec there existed before ages a castle built by the Templar knights, who stashed away their treasures in it. These Tales did not find a scientific confirmation, however it is known that in the XVIth cent. came into being a Renaissance castle in this site, which the family of Kokorz constructed in the place of a former building. In the XVIIIth cent. the castle was transformed into the palace on the initiative of the previous owner – Martin Scholtz von Löwenckron. In the following centuries the building was often changing its hands, who converted it at their own discretion. The last owners of the palace was the Stolberg line, who in 1944 were deprived of the lands along with the monument. The palace then came into the ownership of the Polish state.




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