Manor House

The first records of Kluki (formerly Klucken) date back to the 15th century. Over the centuries, the village changed hands frequently. Its owners included the de Zinne, von Küssow, von Ploetz, and Duda families, among others. The last owner, until 1939, was Auguste Victoria Glahn. At that time, the estate comprised 894 hectares of land and included a manor house belonging to the estate’s owners. After the war, the estate was nationalized, and the manor house was demolished.

To this day, a manor house has survived in Kluki, which most likely belonged to the estate’s administrator or members of the owners’ family. The manor house was built in the Neoclassical style in the first half of the 19th century. In the 1930s, it was expanded to include projections in the roof section and porches along the axis of the longer facades. Originally, around the 18th century, a different structure stood on the site of today’s manor house, as evidenced by the remains of the lower stories of the barrel-vaulted cellars. The manor house is a single-story building with a usable attic. The structure is built of brick and is currently plastered. Originally, the building had a half-timbered structure; however, this is no longer visible today, as the structure has been preserved only partially in the partition walls. The manor house is covered by a gable roof. Skylights in the form of “ox-eye” windows are visible in the roof. The building was constructed on a rectangular plan; the facades on both sides are symmetrical and have 11 axes. From the front, one can see a pseudo-risalit with a columned porch and a terrace on its roof. The entire structure is crowned by a projection in the roof section featuring a triangular pediment. A pseudo-risalit is also visible on the rear facade, though the porch there has not survived.

After the war, a primary school operated here. Currently, the building belongs to a private owner and has been thoroughly renovated. It can be viewed from the outside.

In the immediate vicinity of the manor house lies the former landscape-style manor park, established in the first half of the 19th century and covering an area of approximately 10.7 hectares. The park once connected Kluki with the farmstead in nearby Oćwieka. Several monumental trees have been preserved in the park.