The brick manor house once owned by the Trzecieski family in Polanka is over 200 years old. Some events of great importance for the development of oil industry took place there.

In the manor house in Polanka, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Tytus Trzecieski (the owner of the house at that time) and Karol Klobassa-Zrencki formed the first company in the world to search for and extract oil. Trzecieski made a financial contribution to the company, Klobassa-Zrencki provided access to the oil area in Bóbrka, and Łukasiewicz become the manager of the project. After the company was founded, actions to establish the drilling site in Bóbrka were taken. After a fire destroyed his own home, Ignacy Łukasiewicz and his family lived in the manor in Polanka for four years.

Many years after the passing of the drilling site founders, the enterprise was taken over by the oil company “Małopolska”. The management board of the company was then in the Polanka Palace, which today is a four-star hotel combining the appeal of a historic sight, with the beauty of the surrounding nature and the comforts of a luxury wellness & spa.

Foto: www.palacpolanka.pl