Purschau was founded around 1275. The place had a castle and two churches, of which the church of St. Bartholomew had been a parish church since 1644. The St. Anna Church with the cemetery, located on a hill west of the village, was a pilgrimage church. The majority of the inhabitants were of Catholic faith, but there was also a Jewish community. 1939 lived in the village 534 inhabitants.

After the Munich Agreement, the place was added to the German Reich and belonged until 1945 to the district Tachau.

At the end of the Second World War, parts of the village and the castle were destroyed in April 1945 by fighting artillery shelling of the advancing American troops. After the war, most of the German inhabitants were expelled until 1946. The place was not rebuilt and abandoned in April 1948. Around 1956 the demolition of dilapidated farmsteads took place.

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August 9, 2020

Unfortunately it is left to decay

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Franz Seiz

October 30, 2022

It's a shame they let the churches fall into disrepair

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