Luboradz
The history of Luboradz, a small village near Wierzbiak on the border between the Jawor Plain and the Strzegom Hills, dates back to the early 13th century. With the names of successive owners from the 16th century, first the von Bocks and then the von Nostitzs, the most valuable monument of the village is associated – the former Renaissance manor, rebuilt in the 17th century into a Baroque palace. In its current form, it has the outline of an irregular quadrangle with an inner courtyard, the main residential building, and two towers on the west side. An oval chapel is adjacent to the quadrangle from the east, where the painting “Ecce Homo” by Michael Willmann was once located, now kept in the Museum of the Silesian Piasts in Brzeg. The second chapel, square in shape, was added to the palace from the north. The entrance gate is adorned with a large Renaissance portal.
Around the palace, outbuildings and agricultural buildings have been preserved, and at a slightly greater distance, the partially ruined former brewery, known as the “White House.” In front of the palace, there are Baroque garden figures, including one of St. John Nepomucene. In the vicinity of the palace stands the church dedicated to the Betrothal of the Virgin Mary, built in the 16th century in the Renaissance style on the site of an older Gothic church. At the entrance to the church, there are several well-preserved epitaphs, and the interior is adorned with an impressive Renaissance tombstone of Hans von Bock and his wife from 1581. He was the benefactor of the church.
Description: Piotr Migoń
