Lower Silesia #Secrets #54 Secrets of the pearl palace, told by Joanna #Lamparska Camera, drone, editing: RADOSŁAW BUGAJSKI [email protected] The film uses photographs from the following portals: FOTOPOLSKA.EU POLSKA-ORG.PL WIKIPEDIA.ORG Author: Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-13162 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Author: David Watterson (pragmatopian) from London, United Kingdom - This image was originally posted to Flickr as WIN05_MS-13, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By: Nicola Perscheid http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/b... Author: Evka W Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... By Diliff Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... From the Bundesarchiv, Image 102-13160 / CC-BY-SA, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index... Music used in the film: Frost Waltz (Alternate) by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Frost Waltz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Dial M by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://www.twinmusicom.org/song/277/d... Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org Local Forecast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ The Palace of the Sybil in Szczodre (German: Schloss Sibyllenort) - a former palace in Szczodre, built in the years 1685-1692 as the residence of the princes of Oleśnica, first from the Württemberg dynasty, then the Welfs, and finally the rulers of Saxony. After expansion in the years 1851-1867, it was called the "Silesian Windsor". After a fire in 1945, it was demolished almost entirely, the abandoned remains are now private property. History Württemberg Dynasty In 1685 Christian Ulrich I purchased Szczodre and in the years 1685-1692 built a summer residence there for his second wife Sybil Maria (1667-1694), princess of Saxony-Mersenburg, in whose honour he named both the town and the palace[2]. The estate was visited by Polish kings Augustus II the Strong and Augustus III the Saxon. The indebted estate was leased by its next owner, who according to the family agreement was their second son Charles Frederick of Württemberg. The palace gradually fell into ruin and in 1715 it was uninhabitable. Welf Dynasty Frederick Augustus came into possession of the palace through his marriage to Fredericka Zofia Charlotte Augusta, daughter of Charles Christian, the last Duke of Oleśnica from the Württemberg line. In the years 1792-1802 the palace was expanded with four side wings and two towers with domes, a stable, a coach house, a café, a theatre and a pavilion for guests. The gardens were designed by Christian Weiss (born in Szczodre, the court gardener of Izabela Czartoryska, designer of gardens in Wilanów and Mokotów near Warsaw). The next owner of the palace was Wilhelm, Duke of Oleśnica. In 1829, Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and his wife Fredericka of Hohenzollern stayed there. In the years 1851-1867, the court architect Carl Wolf rebuilt the palace in the English Gothic style based on the model of Windsor Palace in England[8]. In 60 rooms open to visitors there were 5,000 prints and paintings[9]. The palace housed a theatre, where actors from Wrocław performed, and a professional ballet brought from Brunswick. The Wettin Dynasty In 1884, the palace passed by inheritance into the hands of the Saxon King Albert I. The rooms that had previously housed the theatre were transformed into a chapel, where a marble altar was brought from Venice, the dining room walls were covered with leather wallpaper with embossed antique scenes, and water and sewage systems were installed. The king died in the palace on 19 June 1902[8]. In the years 1904-1932, the palace was the residence of the Saxon King Frederick Augustus III, who also died in the palace[8]. During this period, a unique collection of Meissen porcelain was gathered here. After the palace was taken over by his son Frederick Christian, in 1932, part of the palace's furnishings were auctioned off, and one wing was rebuilt into apartments. In the following years, the furnishings were transported to other palaces, including parquet floors and coffers.