Castle Museum in Pszczyna

Medals for sale at the entrance to the museum!

Pszczyna Castle – a former magnate residence in Pszczyna in Upper Silesia, established in the 11th or 12th century, since then rebuilt many times. In the Middle Ages, it was the property of, among others, the Opole and Racibórz Dukes, the Opawa Dukes and the Cieszyn Dukes. In the years 1548-1765 it belonged to the Silesian family of Promnitz, 1765-1847 to the Dukes of Anhalt-Köthen-Pless and from 1847 to the Dukes of Hochberg von Pless from Książ. Between 1870 and 1876, they rebuilt the castle, which gave it its present neo-Baroque architectural shape.

Together with the historic English-style landscape park with an area of 156 ha, it forms a palace and park complex. In 1946, it was turned into a museum, currently operating under the name Castle Museum in Pszczyna. Unlike many other castles and palaces in Silesia, which were destroyed during and immediately after World War II, the Pszczyna Castle has retained its original furnishings and furniture, making it one of the most valuable monuments of residential architecture in Poland today.