In Złotów, traces of the city’s history meet paths by the water and through green spaces. The Działyński Palace, the marked outline of the synagogue destroyed in 1938, and the promenade along Jezioro Miejskie each offer a different perspective. When planning your stay, consider whether you are primarily interested in architectural history, places of remembrance, collections or outdoor activities.

Architectural history in the cityscape

The Działyński Palace was built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries in the Neoclassical style, with landscaped grounds. In the 1830s, it was remodelled at the initiative of the Hohenzollerns, based on a design by the Prussian architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. This makes it possible to distinguish between the original construction phase and a later redesign. Beside the former Evangelical Church of St. Stanislaus Kostka stands another 19th-century landmark: the red-brick former courthouse, built in 1866.

Złotów Town Hall was built in 1914 to a design by Adolf Behr. The building at ul. Domańskiego 5 dates from 1905, has an Art Nouveau façade and housed the headquarters of the V District of the Union of Poles in Germany. In contrast to the Neoclassical palace, the focus here is on the Art Nouveau façade and the building’s former institutional use; the town hall adds the 1914 design to this selection.

Places of remembrance and art

By the 1904 Neo-Gothic Church of St. Roch are a disused Evangelical cemetery with a lapidarium established in 1998, and a military cemetery for the soldiers who fell in the 1945 battles for Złotowszczyzna. The outline of the synagogue destroyed in 1938 is marked at Plac Paderewskiego. The city’s history is thus encountered both in surviving buildings and in a visible trace of a lost one. The Church of the Assumption of Mary houses the altarpiece “Koronacja Najświętszej Marii Panny”, painted by Paulus Hack in 1666. The Piast Kołodziej monument has stood in front of the district administration building since 1957; it is considered the only one of its kind in Poland.

The Muzeum Ziemi Złotowskiej complements these sites with archaeological, historical and ethnographic collections relating to the city and its surroundings. Less than half of the collections are on display.

Waterfront paths and Zwierzyniec

The 4 km walking and cycling promenade runs along Jezioro Miejskie, which covers about 47 ha; you can walk or cycle around the lake. The promenade leads to Półwysep Rybacki, where you’ll find a plant maze and information boards about the city’s history, the noble families who ruled in Złotów, and archaeological finds. The promenade also features a wooden footbridge over the Głomia and a viewing platform overlooking the city panorama.

The Szlak Złotowskiego Jelenia runs through the Old Town towards Zwierzyniec, a park-like woodland and recreation complex that is also home to the Złotów Forestry District. The route has nine stops and twelve information boards. Five marked educational trails run through the park: Poznawcza, Żabia, Łowiecka, Leśna and Dendrologiczna. So, alongside the waterfront promenade, you can choose between a themed route through the Old Town and several named trails in the park for time outdoors. If you plan to visit the footbridge, viewing platform or an educational trail, briefly check their current condition before your visit.

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