Manowce Palace

Manowce is a historic property uniquely located in northwestern Poland, surrounded by vast woods, far from residential areas and set right on the shore of a large bay next to the Baltic Sea. Despite its remote location, Manowce is only 2.5 hours from Berlin and its airports. Manowce is one of the very few luxury villas in this part of Europe where you can hire the property for exclusive holiday use. We  also provide the group with a personal English and German speaking butler/concierge.

The palace has the ideal mix of old and new, filled with beautiful antiques and paintings, but with modern touches such as Wi-Fi access, fully equipped bathrooms and extremely comfortable beds. We host weddings, private celebrations and corporate meetings. When you book an event at Manowce, you have the whole place to yourself: three apartments, thirteen bedrooms, five reception rooms, special rooms for corporate meetings, and enchanting gardens where up to a hundred people can be accommodated in a marquee.

The minimum group size for the exclusive holiday hire is 15 adults or children aged over five, and the minimum stay is 7 days. Our rate covers exclusive venue hire (including services of the butler/concierge), accommodation and catering. As regards the common areas, we either rent out the lower-ground floor of the palace or both the lower-ground floor and the upper-ground floor of the palace. The nightly rate for 15 persons is 4,200 euros if only the lower-ground floor is hired and 5,250 euros when both floors are hired. For each extra person over 15, we charge 280 euros per day, when only the lower-ground floor of the palace is booked and 350 euros per day when both floors are contracted. If guests choose self-catering, we reduce the rates by 30 euros per each person per day.

Manowce offers 3 stunning, luxurious apartments and 13 double bedrooms, accommodating up to 33 guests in total, or 42 including sofa beds and extra beds in some rooms. All the rooms have en-suite bathrooms and large televisions, and there is Wi-Fi access throughout.

At Manowce, you can sunbathe on the private shore of the lagoon, swim in the bay and hunt for mushrooms in the woods, and you will have complimentary use of our kayaks, fishing boat with rods, and bicycles. You can also enjoy our bio sauna free of charge. Other activities, such as horse riding and shooting, can be arranged for you.

History:
The Manowce Palace at Trzebieradz (known as Haffhorst prior to 1945) was built at the beginning of the 20th century in the neoclassical style and was most likely designed by Theodor Bless. The investor and first owner was Georg Wegner, chief medical officer and director of the hospital in Szczecin Pomorzany (Pommerensdorf). Prior to that, in 1754 a tar kiln was located on the site, and later a timber yard and a timber loading and flotation facility were built there as well.
In 1923 the property was purchased by Eduard Silbernagel, who then sold it in 1941 to the National Socialist People’s Welfare organization – Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt (NSV). The NSV used the palace for Gauschule (training centre for party members) and the remaining buildings for Mutterheim (shelter for mothers). The property was not damaged during World War II. Towards the end of April 1945, it was occupied by the Soviet Army. From 1945 a Border Guard Army station was located here.

From the end of the 1940s to the beginning of the 1990s the palace was used for recreational purposes, at first by the Society for the Friends of Children, and later as a summer camp for government administrators from Warsaw. A private investor purchased this palace in 1990s and the this luxury mansion was renovated as well as the remaining buildings, but then abandoned this investment. A few years ago the palace and park were acquired by a new owner, who completed the renovation and now the Manowce Palace can be rented for events