HISTORY
100 years of the palace and park complex in Moszna 200 hectares is on the list of monuments. An object of historical and artistic importance. In the years 1866-1945 the owner was Mosznej von Tiele Winckler family. It can be assumed that at the origin of the construction of the castle in its present form was the same Franz Hubert.
The castle in Moszna was the residence of a Silesian Tiele-Winckler family, who were industrial magnates, from 1866 until the spring of 1945 when they were forced to flee to Germany when the castle was temporarily occupied by the Red Army. The short period of the Soviet control caused significant damage to the castle's internal fittings in comparison to the minor damage caused by World War II.
After World War II the castle did not have a permanent owner and was the home of various institutions until 1972 when it became a convalescent home. Later it became a Public Health Care Centre for Therapies of Neuroses. Nowadays it can be visited by tourists since the health institution has moved to another building in the neighbourhood. The castle also has a chapel which is used as a concert hall. Since 1998 the castle housed a gallery in which works of various artists are presented at regular exhibitions.
Apart from the castle itself, the entire complex includes a park which has no precise boundaries and includes nearby fields, meadows and a forest. Only the main axis of the park can be characterised as geometrical. Starting from the gate, it leads along the oak and then horse-chestnut avenues, towards the castle. Further on, the park passes into an avenue of lime trees with symmetrical canals running along both sides of the path, lined with a few varieties of rhododendrons. The axis of the park terminates at the base of a former monument of Hubert von Tiele-Winckler. On the eastern side of the avenue there is a pond with an islet referred to by the owners as Easter Island. The islet is planted with needle-leaved shrubs and can be reached by a Chinese-styled bridge. The garden, as part of the whole park complex was restored slightly earlier than the castle itself. Preserved documents of 1868 state that the improvement in the garden's aesthetic quality was undertaken by Hubert von Tiele-Winckler.
ARCHITECTURE
The central part of the castle is an old baroque palace which was partially destroyed by fire on the night of April 2, 1896 and was reconstructed in the same year in its original form by Franz Hubert von Tiele-Winckler (the son of Hubert von Tiele-Winckler). The reconstruction works involved an extension of the residence. The eastern Neogothic-styled wing of the building was built by 1900, along with an adjacent orangery. In 1912-1914, the western wing was built in the Neo-Renaissance style. The architectural form of the castle contains a wide variety of styles, thus it can be generally defined as eclectic. The height of the building, as well as its numerous turrets and spires, give the impression of verticalism. The whole castle has exactly ninety-nine turrets. Inside, it contains 365 rooms with a total floorage of 7,000 sq. m. and a cubic capacity of about 65,000 m3. The castle was twice visited by the German Emperor Wilhelm II. His participation in hunting during his stay at the castle was documented in a hand-written chronicle in 1911 as well as in the following year. On the night of 2/3 June 1896 for unknown reasons erupted in Moszna fire, which destroyed the interior, roof, part of the walls of the baroque palace. Later that same year, Franz Hubert began to rebuild, and at the same time, the expansion of the building. Until 1900 founded wing side (east), in neo-Gothic style with conservatory. In the years 1912-1914 was built and the western wing, neo-Renaissance style. Among the architectural details of the castle there is a great stylistic diversity.
The height of the object, its numerous towers, peaks, spiers give a clear sense of verticality. buildings in eclectic style can be considered. The castle has a total of 8000. m2, 365 rooms, and its capacity is 65,000. m3. Twice in 1911 and 1912 years the guest of Count Franz Thiele Winckler was Kaiser Wilhelm II, and to inform the chase chronicle preserved manuscript. In the spring of 1945, the family left the castle Thiele Winckler fleeing to Germany.
In 1945, he stationed in the Red Castle. During this period of devastation and equipment destroyed the castle. After the war the castle was the seat of several institutions, he has not had a permanent member; in 1972 became the seat of then Sanatorium, then the Regional Center for Prevention and nursing home; since 1996, the Independent Public Health Care: Neurosis Treatment Centre, to the present. With moszneńskiego part of an estate in 1948. He created the National Stud Farm.
CURRENT SITUATION
Currently it is privately owned.
