Top 5 Castles around Drawno

The farmstead includes: - dovecotes - granaries - a styleless outbuilding - distillery - sheepfold

The first mention of Korytów in documents dates back to 1237, when Władysław Odonio donated the village to the Order of St. John. In 1269, the village was taken over by the Brandenburgers and transferred as a fief to the von Wedel family. It was the Wedels who erected the first fortified residence in this place, which was rebuilt several times in subsequent centuries. The palace acquired its current appearance around 1890. After World War II, it housed apartments, and then it was owned by the State Agricultural Farm. After the political changes, it was abandoned and fell into ruin. Today, it is under renovation. The area of the palace and the administrator's building next to it is fenced with a high fence and overgrown. It is difficult to see anything. There is also no sign that the renovation is progressing.

The best preserved fragment of the defensive walls of Recz. The walls were built in the 14th-15th century from field stones. They were about 1.10-1.20 m thick, and at their highest point they reached a height of 5 m. The outline of the walls has been preserved on almost the entire perimeter, but most often it is just a low wall. In this place, in addition to the wall, two towers have also been preserved.

The palace is fenced and closed. There is a Social Welfare Home there. You can only see it from behind the fence, from a distance.

The defensive walls in Recz were built of field stone, probably with a brick superstructure. They did not have battlements, it is possible that they were topped with hoardings. They had a thickness of about 1.10 - 1.20 meters, and their height at the highest point reached 5 meters. In the second half of the fourteenth century, the wall was raised to a height of 6 - 7 meters. Their full circumference was about 1,470 meters and was reinforced with evenly spaced towers.

The first brick and stone Gothic house was erected on a square plan of 35x35 m with a square courtyard surrounded by a thick brick wall, with an eastern wing for residents. Situated on the top of a steep hill, surrounded by the waters of two lakes and swamps on three sides, the Castle was a well-defended fortress, dominating the town of Tuczno. In 1331, the settlement was granted city rights by the Wedel family. For 200 years, the town and the castle have witnessed family gatherings and political meetings. In 1542, when religious aspects divided the Wedel family, the family split into two branches. One of them adopted the surname Wedel - Tuczyński (from the name of the city) and became closely associated with Poland. Since then, further reconstruction of the Castle began. On the opposite side of the residential wing, a new building with deep cellars measuring 8x11 m was built. In the 16th century, the Wedel Tuczyński family modernized the residence. Between 1542 and 1581, Stanisław Tuczyński carried out a general reconstruction of the Gothic Castle, thus creating a completely new Renaissance building. The sixteenth-century reconstructions of the Castle did not destroy the Gothic layout of the courtyard enclosed by a seven-meter brick wall. The years 1608-1631 brought further changes. Krzysztof Tuczyński added two completely new western and southern wings. The courtyard was closed with three wings and a brick wall. In the 17th century, the facades of these wings received a new Baroque shape and the courtyard was opened by demolishing the wall. In this way, the medieval fortress was transformed, in accordance with the fashion of the time, into a rich residence of the Tuczyński family. With the death of the last of the Wedels - Andrzej Tuczyński in 1717, the castle passed from hand to hand, becoming more and more neglected. In 1772, the town of Tuczno and the Castle came under Prussian rule. In 1846, the western wing was completely rebuilt, but the Castle still has not lost its monumental character.

The palace complex also includes the farmstead, which comprises: - dovecotes - granaries - a styleless outbuilding - a distillery - a sheepfold

Manor - palace from the 15th - 18th century, rebuilt in the years 1830-1890. Above the main entrance is the coat of arms of the owners depicting a lion and a dwarf with a fish tail. The building stands on much older walls of a medieval castle, Gothic cellars. The palace is three-winged, single-storey, the courtyard opens to the garden. Covered with a high mansard roof. The main wing is decorated with dormers and a three-storey projection with an oval pediment, the side wings are decorated with modest gables. The palace is unfortunately falling into ruin.