Palaces
Bukowiec Palace belongs to a historic palace-and-park complex in the Jeleniogórska Valley of Lower Silesia. The 16th-century manor was rebuilt after 1785, when Count Friedrich von Reden acquired the estate. Combine the palace with a walk through the romantic landscape park, its ponds, viewpoints and garden buildings.
Reden commissioned Berlin architect Martin Friedrich Rabe to rebuild the former manor. New estate buildings designed by Karl Gottfried Geisler, a pupil of Langhans, were constructed alongside the palace.
Inspired by English landscape gardens, Reden created a romantic park with gardener Hans Karl Walther. It covers more than 120 hectares and includes 10 ponds, designed viewpoints, garden pavilions, a viewing tower and a former tea house. The park is an attraction in its own right, where water, vegetation and architecture form a carefully planned composition.
The palace houses the Association of Karkonosze Municipalities and is only partly open to visitors. Stucco decoration survives in the fireplace hall and in the first-floor Sun and Moon Rooms. A former staircase in the basement leads towards the old palace office; its entrance was hidden behind a door in an old wardrobe. Check the current visiting arrangements before travelling, as not every part of the palace is accessible on every visit.
Tripto tip: see the palace first, then walk towards the ponds, pavilions and viewpoints. The relationship between residence and park is what makes Bukowiec special.
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