he construction began in 1563 by Jerzy Prószkowski, perhaps with the participation of Italian architects. It was burned in 1644 by the Swedish army. In 1677, it was rebuilt and partially transformed thanks to the efforts of Jerzy Krzysztof Prószkowski, the founder of the estate, by the Italian architect Jan Sregno. During the reconstruction, the carpenter Mateusz Wagner placed a knob with the document on one of the towers. After the death of the last of the Prószkowskis - Leopold in 1769, it became the property of the Dietrichstein family, then purchased by the Prussian king Frederick II. In the years 1845-1847, it was partially transformed inside in connection with the adaptation into the Agricultural Academy and again after its dissolution in 1881 in connection with the establishment of a hospital. The original Renaissance layout has been basically preserved, Baroque reconstruction included, among m.in, a partial change in the interior divisions, shaping the external and courtyard facades, the superstructure of the towers over the front wing and the execution of stucco decorations.
It is located at the highest point of the estate, facing north-east. It is made of brick, in the lower parts of the walls with Gothic bonding, plastered. Two-storey, partly with a basement. It is four-winged, with a rectangular
photo by ZeroJeden, VI 2006
inner courtyard and separated, avant-corps corner pavilions of a bastion character. The front pavilions are smaller, similar in plan to a square, the rear ones are larger. Above the front wing there are two four-sided towers. In the middle of the courtyard there is a fountain pool, hexagonal, brick, probably from the eighteenth century.