The history of Podolia Wielkie dates back to the 15th century. From the beginning of its existence until World War II, the estate belonged to German families. Then it was taken over by the State, and a State Agricultural Farm was established in its place. With the change of political systems, its current owners managed to lease and then buy the farm in its entirety.
The palace is a single-storey building with a basement, with an entrance covered by a portico. The portico is supported by quadrangular columns in cross-section, topped with a triangular tympanum. On all levels, the interior layout is three-bay with a central hallway along the longitudinal axis of the building and living quarters on both sides of the hallway.
The palace basements are built of granite blocks, only the window and door openings are brick-lined, the ground floor and first floor walls are also made of brick. The building in the ground floor and first floor parts has been plastered, the plaster is rusticated, which is clearly marked on the corners. The rafter-collar beam roof with a queen post, hipped, covered with overlapping tiles.
The palace interior retains its original woodwork, and the doors with door frames on the ground floor are particularly noteworthy. In some rooms there is an original parquet floor, on the first floor there are plank floors. One original tiled stove has been preserved in the palace, a white one with a crown-shaped finial and a sculpture on the front side of the stove.
The village of Podole Wielkie was mentioned in documents as early as the 15th century. Since 1519 it was an old fief of the von Stojentins (fief lists from 1519, 1531, 1575, 1605, 1608, 1618 and 1665). In 1575 the village came under the rule of the Puttkamer family. Thanks to Georg Dietrich Puttkamer, who bought a third of Podole from Lorenz Henning and Ernest Gerson von Stojentin, the entire estate ended up in the hands of the Puttkamers. The 1717 inspection indicates the co-owners as: Bogeslaff Rydiger von Hoym, Martin Christian von Prebendow and Marrhias von Puttkamer. In 1784, one of the owners of the estate was again Georg Dietrich von Puttkamer. At the beginning of the 19th century, Podole Wielkie belonged to the Stojentins and Somnitzs. In 1820, the village was transformed into the so-called Freigut - tax-free property. At that time, the owner was Baron Georg Friedrich Lorenz von Puttkamer. In 1841, Podole was sold by Alexander von Puttkamer for 77 thousand thalers to Pgilipp von Braunschweig. The von Braunschweig family owned the village until the end of World War II, and its last owners were: Richard and Barnim. The manor house standing in Podole Wielkie dates back to the mid-19th century. It is a two-story brick building and represents the late classicist style. After World War II, it was the seat of the State Agricultural Farm.
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