Palaces
On the Bóbr river, in the Jelenia Góra valley between Jelenia Góra and Janowice Wielkie, stands Wojanów Palace — a residence in the style of romantic neo-Gothic, surrounded by one of the most interesting gardens of the Sudetes. The Wojanów estates are already mentioned in a document of 1281 (a fief of Eberhard von Schildau), and from the 14th century belonged to the von Zedlitz family.
The Renaissance manor was built here in 1603–1607 by Nickel von Zedlitz; in 1642 the Swedes burned it down, and rebuilding came in 1667. In 1754 the merchant Daniel von Buchs commissioned a Baroque remodel, and in 1832–1833 Karl Albrecht Ike modernised the palace in the classicist variety of neo-Gothic — the design came from an architect in the circle of Karl Friedrich Schinkel. In 1839 the estate was given by her father, King of Prussia Frederick William III, to Princess Louise of the Netherlands; the rebuild is attributed to the concepts of Friedrich August Stüler or Hermann Wentzl. The royal family held Wojanów until 1908, when the last heiress, Maria zu Wied, sold it.
In the 1830s and 1840s the park was transformed to the plans of Peter Joseph Lenné, creator of the gardens of Schönbrunn, among others. The frieze of the front portal bears 16 coats of arms, the body is flanked by round towers, and the garden facade opens onto a terrace with views of the Karkonosze.
After World War II a state farm operated in the palace; from 2004 revitalisation continued, turning the residence into a hotel-and-conference complex with a pool and a spa area. The Garden Restaurant opens onto a terrace with a view of Śnieżka. Barely 300 m away, on the Bóbr, stands Łomnica Palace. Address: Wojanów 9; free parking by the palace.
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