Square of 1880 in the centre of Kołobrzeg, laid out like a French garden, with a fountain and natural monuments.
18 Marca Square (plac 18 Marca) is a historic square in the centre of Kołobrzeg, laid out in the style of a French garden with a fountain in the middle. Century-old trees grow on it, including several recognised as natural monuments.
The square was laid out in 1880 after the demolition of the Ujście ravelin, which belonged to the fortifications of the Kołobrzeg Fortress. It was designed by the gardener Heinrich Martens as an imposing town square. For many years it bore the name Kaiser Square (Plac Cesarski) in honour of Wilhelm I, and at the end of the 1930s it was given a name connected with a Nazi leader. The square survived the fighting for the town in 1945, and after the war it was renamed 18 Marca Square and revitalised, with new trees and shrubs planted.
On the square grow many trees more than a hundred years old, among them a large cluster of common yews. A fern-leaved beech, a common beech and a red horse chestnut have been recognised as natural monuments. On the side of today's Armii Krajowej Street stood a monument commemorating German soldiers who fell on various fronts. After the war the Monument of Gratitude to the Polish Liberators was placed on its plinth. In 1967 the Skanpol hotel was opened by the square on the side of Dworcowa Street.
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