A village located in the northern part of the commune of Strzelce. It was first mentioned in 1337, then abandoned. In the 16th century, Joachim Friedrich Geilenfelde built a small castle here, whose subsequent owners were the von Bornstedts from Ogard, the von Billerbecks and the von Papsteins from Danków, and at the beginning of the 19th century - the von Schönebecks.
After World War II, the landed property was nationalized. The palace was destroyed by Soviet soldiers, while the church was demolished in the 1960s. Recently, the eighteenth-century granary building, which is the last element of the farm complex, was also demolished. From the palace and park complex, only the building of the governor's house (now inhabited) and the wild palace park in the landscape type with a stone fence and an observation tower have survived.
The observation tower was erected in the first quarter of the 20th century as part of the fence of the landscape park belonging to the owners of the local landed estates. It is located on the south-western side of the site, on the outskirts of the village, in the vicinity of arable fields stretching to the south and west - right next to the road leading to Tuczno.
The tower has an octagonal plan with an entrance from the park side. The tower is made of broken field stone, and in the upper part - in a half-timbered structure with brick filling. It was crowned with an eight-sided cupola covered with plain ceramic tiles. The lighting of the second storey is provided by narrow semi-circular windows in each of the façades, while the third storey is illuminated by rectangular windows placed in fields between the beams. The attic was illuminated with four dormers.
Currently, access to the interior is possible only in the ground floor. The stairs to the upper storeys, at the façade facing the park, have been removed (only remnants of metal parts remain) and the platform at the height of the second storey. The tower is unique and is a tourist gem of this town
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