HISTORY
The village is mentioned for the first time in documents from 1281. From the time of granting it to Prince Bogusław X until the end of World War II, Żelazo remained in the hands of the von Bandemer family. One of the most famous inhabitants of the village was Cordula von Bandemer. She left behind many valuable paintings, including: Dictionaries in mourning clothes. The last pre-war owners of the estate were: Alfred and his son Rudolf von Bandemer.
The Palace in Żelaz was built in the second half of the 19th century. 18th century. It was expanded in the 19th century. The older part of the palace is connected to the newer quadrangular insert with cut corners. The front of the facade is decorated with bas-reliefs depicting the bust of a woman and a man. The building was built of brick on a stone foundation. It was covered with a hipped roof. The porch and the porch with a cast-iron structure were built around 1876. To this day, there is an inscription on the corner stone of the porch: Rudolph and Cordula von Bandamer, 1876. The roof of the palace was covered with stone slate in the older part, and with cement roof tiles in the newer part. On the façade of the older part of the building, above the entrance, there was a coat of arms of the von Bandemer family. Some of the palace's furnishings have been preserved: partially original woodwork, parquet floors and stucco.