AT A GLANCE
Why go?
On a quiet street in the Lower Silesian village of Daszów, the Ruins of Daszów Palace stand as the weathered shell of a seat once occupied by some of the region's most storied noble families. Built as a manor in the early 17th century and rebuilt in grand Baroque form in the 1720s, the L-shaped residence passed through the Tschammer and later the Saurma-Jeltsch estates before slipping into decay after 1945. Today it is a freely visible, roofless landmark where exposed brick walls, a columned entrance portal and an old landscape park tell the story of a Silesian country estate at its most atmospheric.↗↗↗
Five centuries of a Silesian estate
The village of Daszów is first recorded in 1309, when its tithe was assigned to the collegiate chapter at Głogów. By the mid-16th century the estate belonged to the Lassote family, and in 1563 it was bought by Oswald von Tschammer, who also acquired the neighbouring Psary. The Tschammers held Daszów for more than two centuries, and it was Georg Ernst von Tschammer, the first Prussian district head of the Wołów region, who around 1727–1729 had the neglected manor rebuilt in the Baroque style and set his family's coat of arms above the entrance doors.
