Attractions and Places To See around Stargard - Top 20

The monastery church was originally dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and its construction began at the same time as the entire monastery, in 1210. Initially, the temple was built in the late Romanesque style, and it was completed in the Gothic style in 1347. After the secularization of the monastery in the 16th century, the main nave was transformed into a granary. The original 15th-century altar, which was originally located in the temple, can now be seen in the Basilica of St. James in Szczecin. During the period when the monastery was in operation, deceased Pomeranian princes were buried there. Unfortunately, in 1720, the side naves were demolished. On the wall of the church, you can see a blind rosette, which, according to legend, was made by a blind person.

The monumental church in Kołbacz is closely associated with the Cistercian order, which was brought to these lands in 1173. The first mention of the church dates back to 1186, but it was probably a wooden church. The construction of the brick temple began in 1210, and the construction lasted almost 140 years. During this time, the church suffered a fire twice and had to be rebuilt. The church served its functions until 1534, when the order was dissolved as a result of the Reformation. Such a large building was no longer needed, so it was divided into two parts. The eastern part of the chancel was designated for the needs of the Protestant church, and the main nave was converted into a grain warehouse by building five wooden ceilings inside. In the 17th century, as a result of a fire, the vaults in the side naves of the church collapsed and were never rebuilt. In the 18th century, they were completely demolished. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, several renovations were carried out on the church, significantly transforming it. From that period come, among others: new, larger windows in the northern chapel. New vaults and a new bell tower on the roof were also built. After the war, the church was also used as a warehouse. The church has been undergoing renovation for a dozen or so years, but it is still not finished, and the church is not fully used.

In the Middle Ages, there was a princely stronghold in Kołbacz. In the 12th century, these lands belonged to Warcisław II Świętoborzyc, the castellan of Szczecin, who in 1173 brought Cistercians to the area from the Danish monastery in Esrum. Construction of the monastery complex began in 1210 in the Romanesque style and was completed in 1347 in the Gothic style. The monastery buildings were largely destroyed by the Thirty Years' War and the fire in 1662. The church, the Abbot's House and the Conversos' House have remained to this day.

(also Portowa, Wodna, Rzeczna, Herbowa) It was built at the beginning of the 15th century. Originally, two free-standing towers were connected by a wooden bridge, which was later replaced by a brick building with a passage. The name of the gate refers to the mill that stood on the river bank near the gate until the mid-18th century. The Mill Gate has been a symbol of the city for centuries, and its silhouette was depicted on seals and was an element of the city's former coat of arms. The Mill Gate is unique on a European scale.

At the church of St. The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary from 1929, rising in the middle of the village, stands a chapel built after 1945, with a figure of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the plinth of a former monument dedicated to the fallen inhabitants of Reptowo during World War I. In the church square there is a former cemetery that is no longer in use. It is tree-lined and has fragments of old tombstones.

Old church

One of the four medieval city gates. It was probably built in the first half of the 15th century. The name Mill Gate comes from the mill that was built next to it on the Mill Canal in the years 1240-1268. The gate stands above the canal bed and has two 28 m high octagonal towers. Two chains hang from the towers. It is a memento of the "Wheat War" conducted with Szczecin in the years 1454 - 1464. It was exactly these chains that Szczecin tried to block off the mouth of the Ina to prevent sea trade from Stargard.

Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Grzędice The late-gothic, hall-shaped temple made of fieldstone and brick dates from the first half of the 15th century, with a tower added in the 16th century. The historic furnishings include: a neo-Gothic altar made of linden wood from 1910, with a cross in the form of the Tree of Life (images of the evangelists at the ends of the arms), a Gothic figure of Christ from around 1500, a brass six-armed chandelier and a granite baptismal font located next to the entrance thirteenth century. There are two bells in the tower - one from the 17th century, cast in Szczecin, the other cast-iron from Stargard. The most valuable are the polychromes from the years 1450-1470, depicting 33 figures in biblical scenes, discovered in 1912, restored in 1954. 13 passion scenes. The unique and oldest polychromes in Grzędy in Western Pomerania were painted by an unknown painter (probably associated with Stargard). Paintings appear on all the walls of the church - currently the only such case in Western Pomerania.