Pałac Kornów, Wrocław

Pałac Kornów is the historic Korn Palace in Pawłowice, a late northern-Renaissance residence completed in 1895. It began as a farm belonging to Wrocław’s St Vincent’s Abbey, then changed hands after church property was secularised. In 1886, the publisher and arts patron Heinrich Korn bought the estate with his wife, Helena von Eichborn.

The existing buildings were cleared away, and this family seat rose between 1891 and 1895. August Orth designed the palace, while the surrounding park was reshaped at the same time. Notice the heraldic cartouche set into the front gable: it preserves the arms of Heinrich von Korn and Helena von Eichborn.

Their daughter, Marie von Schweinichen, inherited the palace in 1892; a matching second wing and a connecting passage followed. The grounds are substantial: the English-style park covers 7.2 hectares and centres on an artificial pond. Its stone bridge has a flattened basket-handle arch, and a small garden pavilion waits among the planting.

Since 1945, the property has served Wrocław’s universities. It now belongs to Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, housing its continuing-education centre as well as conference, hotel and restaurant facilities.