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The Castle of the Knights Hospitaller in Grobniki, that is, a Renaissance religious house, was created in 1559 on the initiative of Commander Jerzy Prószkowski. The edifice, erected on a rectangular plan, originally possessed three stories. Next to the residential building were stables, a mill, a brewery, barns, and fish ponds. Originally, the commandery was surrounded by a stone defensive wall and a moat. The Knights Hospitaller also ran a hospice and school in Grobniki. In the mid-19th century, the owner of Grobniki became a merchant from Biała Prudnicka, Samuel Mendel Berliner, who ordered the demolition of the third floor of the house, where the monks originally lived, and the filling of the pond to create a garden. He adapted the rebuilt commandery building into an inn, which operated until the outbreak of World War II. The former seat of the Knights Hospitaller in Grobniki is currently a one-story building with a glass, wooden veranda. Above the entrance from the south side, a marble coat of arms cartouche of the Prószkowski family with Maltese crosses, the symbol of the order, and an inscription regarding the construction of the commandery is visible. In the hallway on the ground floor of the building, a Gothic portal attracts attention. The former castle currently functions as a village cultural center. The facility is located on the Trail of the Knights Hospitaller following the historical traces of the order in the Głubczyce Land. Practical information: Free parking spaces by the Maltese Orchard (Zamkowa Street).