Pomeranian castle
Castle in Pomerania
Ukraine, Zolochiv
On the border of the Lviv and Ternopil regions lies the ancient village of Pomoryany. The history of Pomoryan dates back to the middle of the XIV century, when here, in 1340-1350, the Polish magnate Nikolai Svinka, by order of King Casimir the Great, erected a wooden fortress. At the end of the 15th century, the estate passed to Zygmunt Seninsky and was in the hands of this family until 1619-1620, when these lands were bought by Yakub Sobieski, the father of the future king of Poland. Yakub Sobieski contributed to the development of the city, founded a church and a church, founded a shelter for the poor and the elderly.
Thanks to its favorable location, the castle has repeatedly withstood protracted sieges by the Turks and Tatars. So, in 1672, when the nearby Zolochiv castle was destroyed by the Janissaries, the Pomeranian citadel withstood a large enemy army.
However, in 1675 and 1684, as a result of the raids of the Turks and Tatars, the castle was destroyed, but later, thanks to the efforts of King Jan Sobieski, it was restored and significantly strengthened. After that, the castle withstood all the Tatar raids and sieges during 1687-1695.
After the death of King Jan Sobieski, the castle passed from one owner to another, became very dilapidated and began to lose the appearance of a fortress. From 1740 it was the property of the Radziwills. During a fire in 1771, the castle was badly damaged and most of it was dismantled.
What did the castle look like at that time? The castle is rectangular in plan. It had two floors with corner towers. In the center of the northern wing of the castle there was an entrance tower, to which a drawbridge led, on the other sides the castle was surrounded by the riverbed and swamps. Golden Linden. Outbuildings stood on the sides of the entrance tower.
The turning point in the history of the castle was 1789, when the Pomeranians passed into the possession of the Prushinskys. Erasmus Prushinsky rebuilt two wings of the castle - southern and eastern. The restoration of the castle was completed by his son Józef. He restored the interiors, tiled the castle, laid the park and greenhouses. To this day, several very old trees have been preserved in the park. After the restoration, the building no longer resembled a castle and acquired the features of a classical palace. Only one, preserved to this day, the tower reminded of the former greatness of the citadel.
In 1876, the estate became the property of Roman Potocki, whose son Jerzy took care of the preservation of the palace until 1939, when the lands of Western Ukraine became part of the USSR and the estate was nationalized.
In Soviet times, the estate housed the district committee of the party, the military registration and enlistment office, and then the premises were transferred to the vocational school. In the 80s of the twentieth century, the building was abandoned, left unattended and gradually destroyed. This was actively promoted by the local population, who picked up everything "that lies badly." The question of restoring the estate was raised more than once, but everything rested on the lack of funds.