INFORMATION PORTAL OF THE MARSHAL'S OFFICE OF THE KUJAWSKO-POMORSKIE Region IN TORUŃ

The former Sczaniecki Palace in Nawra, near Toruń, is slowly rising from ruins and mud. In the historic palace-and-park complex—where the future Sczaniecki Family Museum of the Polish Landed Gentry will be located—conservation and revitalization works are underway. The Kujawsko-Pomorskie Heritage Centre, responsible for the project, estimates that 30% of the work has been completed. The completion of construction and conservation work is scheduled for 2027.

“I’m pleased with the pace and scope of what’s happening in Nawra. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for our project, for the contractors, and above all for the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Heritage Centre, without which this major undertaking would not be possible,”
said Marshal Piotr Całbecki, who visited the site in May.

The palace’s structure—walls and ceilings—has already been secured and reinforced. Damaged elements of the roof truss have been replaced, chimneys reconstructed, and the decorative attic crowning the building restored. Inside, conservators have uncovered and preserved original polychrome decorations. The basements have been cleared, and an elevator shaft has been built in the eastern wing. Work is currently underway to restore the palace’s original pre-war functional and spatial layout and to renovate the façades.

Construction teams from Dolmar, the company carrying out the project, are also restoring the gardener’s house, steward’s house, and the greenhouse and icehouse buildings.

This summer saw the start of the park’s revitalization, which aims to restore the layout and charm of the late 19th century landscape design. In practical terms, this includes the construction of paved alleys and walkways, the recreation of the grand driveway with its central lawn, the deepening and landscaping of ponds, the establishment of an orchard, and care and maintenance treatments for existing trees and shrubs (before the war, the park boasted the largest and most remarkable collection of ornamental shrubs in Pomerania!). Small architectural features are being added, and an irrigation system is being installed. Completed cleanup and preparatory work have already revealed the main visual axis of the complex.

The Palace in Nawra, a local jewel of Classicist architecture, was built between 1798 and 1805 for Konstanty Kruszyński, and later remodeled for the Sczaniecki family, who resided there until World War II. The mission of restoring the palace and park—officially handed over to the regional self-government by the Sczaniecki family in the summer of 2022—was entrusted by Marshal Piotr Całbecki to the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Heritage Centre, a regional cultural institution.

Beata Krzemińska
Press Officer of the Marshal’s Office

October 14, 2025