Manor Khodkevych, Mills
The first mention of Old Russian settlement Muravytsya (one of the owners present mill ) dates from 1149 year. Since 1566 the town belonged to the family of Chodkiewicz. It is on the banks of a small river Ikva home town in 1780 began building the mansion.
History of the estate
Chodkiewicz Manor - a large palace complex. For building nest Chodkiewicz specially invited Yefrayima Schroeder, court architect of the Polish king.
The two-story building in the classical style with a six-column portico overlooking the Ikvoyu. On the pediment risalit could see the family emblem estate owners. Nearby preserved historic park that broke Irish Dionysius Makkler.
In 1768 Nicholas Jan Chodkiewicz own expense in building a mill church, which became the family tomb.
But Chodkiewicz Manor primarily known for strange things that happen here.
Mystical stories in the palace Chodkiewicz
Because of the mystique of the estate Chodkiewicz long remained unfinished. In 1793, Ludwig Chodkiewicz was sitting at the table at home. Suddenly around themselves began to open and slam doors. At that time the house was located only one owner. The woman walked an empty room, even at the last she saw the ghost of his daughter Rosalie.
Countess desolate for a while, but when I started to cry servants, ghost melted in the air. After a while, from Paris, where she lived her daughter, came the news that 26-year-old Rosalie was executed on the guillotine. Rumor has it that the ghost appeared on the same day and time when the execution took place. Not finishing the construction of the estate, Chodkiewicz Ludwig escapes to his estate in Chernobyl .
The fate of the estate
Fully managed to complete the construction of the estate of Alexander Chodkiewicz in 1815. To protect the family church, Chodkiewicz personally appealed to the Russian Emperor Alexander I, promising to build it in the Orthodox Church . In 1840 the church was dedicated in honor of Alexander Nevsky church later renamed in honor of the Intercession.
In 1915 the estate Chodkiewicz in the mill was damaged, because the city passed through the front line.
In the late 20s the estate owner moved the remains of the manor archive to Krakow and Lviv . Some documents are now the property of the State Archives of Poland.
Also in the estate were paintings from the Palace Kornyakta that Alexander Chodkiewicz brought here. In addition, the estate were antique clocks, paintings, a collection of silver and gold. In 1920, the estate owner removal of all valuables to Chodkiewicz apartment near Lviv. Chodkiewicz of the property after World War II was transferred to Lviv museums.
Since 1977, in a small palace is Mlyniv Museum.
How to get to the estate
Mills is located 22 kilometers northeast of the city of Dubno . It is also the closest and railway station. With Rivne to Mill can be reached by bus from the old bus station (street Kiev, 40).
Chodkiewicz Manor located on the street Ivan Franko, 1b.