The palace was built in the 1870s on the basis of the high cellars of an older residence purchased in 1866 by the married couple Rudolf (1826-1906) and Teresa Neumann (1841-1930) née Modrow (originally from Jasnopol). The residence was the seat of the Giżyno estate and several farms with a total area of 1903 ha. It was the second largest estate in the pre-war Drawsko district in terms of area. Lake Giżyno was also part of it. Until the end of World War II, it was the most magnificent residence in the Kalisz area, which was stripped of its priceless furnishings by the Red Army in 1945. In the years 1945-47, it housed a heavy labor camp. Later, it served administrative, residential and cultural functions - the former ballroom was used for this purpose. After years of neglect and theft of the building (allegedly with the consent of the conservator of monuments), the manor house was demolished in 2004. Today, only two over-a-hundred-year-old chestnut trees flanking the side entrance to the residence remain.
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