Zamek w Przegorzałach
Zamek w Przegorzałach—known in German as Schloss Wartenberg—was built during World War II, and it remains one of the few works of Third Reich architecture in Kraków. The castle’s commission is tied to baron Otto Wächter, the Nazi governor of the Kraków district during the occupation, who received the right to a residence after his role in the Nazi coup attempt in Austria against Chancellor Dolfuss. Wächter also targeted a summer home: Willa Baszta, a half‑round building erected in 1928–1929 by Adolf Szyszko‑Bohusz, inspired—most likely—by the rotunda of Saints Felix and Adauctus. When Szyszko‑Bohusz refused a lease or land swap, he was arrested on 19 December 1940 on a fabricated pretext, and work on the neighboring residence was taken over. Work on the castle’s project—officially dated 1 October 1941—began around the middle of 1941. …
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