Churches and monasteries
a three-aisled brick church from the 14th century, with a tower from 1880 and an organ from 1775
Churches and monasteries
Gothic church of the 14th century, until 1945 a cemetery chapel, today also with services in German
Historic sites
a Neoclassical townhouse with a wooden clock tower, now a museum and wedding palace
Historic sites
a brick town hall from the 1920s in the German Renaissance style, in a corner of the Białogard market square
Architecture in Białogard means two town halls on a single square and two 14th-century brick churches, all within a short walk.
The selection shows the successive layers of the town: Gothic, Neoclassical and 1920s building. A wider overview is under things to do in Białogard, and similar buildings of the region under architecture in West Pomerania.
Two town halls from different eras stand on the square: the Neoclassical Old Town Hall of 1827 and the brick New Town Hall of the 1920s. A dozen or so house numbers separate them, so you can see both in one go.
The Old Town Hall at number 5 began as a merchant house. It is crowned by a wooden clock tower from 1847, and inside are the museum and the wedding palace. The New Town Hall fills a corner of the square at numbers 16-17. The brick building draws on German Renaissance, and it has been listed as a monument since 1991.
The oldest are two brick churches from the 14th century: the parish church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary in the centre and St George's on Świdwińska Street. Both survived fires and rebuilding.
The parish church stands at Kościelna 1a. It is a three-aisle basilica with a Baroque altar, and the organ dates from 1775. In 2022 a gale bent the tower spire. St George's at Świdwińska 3a was rebuilt in 1858 and served until 1945 as a Protestant cemetery chapel.
For the historical background, read Świdwin and Białogard: the Hospitaller castle, the Stone Gate and the battle over a cow in 1469.
Two: the Old Town Hall of 1827 and the New Town Hall of the 1920s, both on Wolności Square.
The museum and the wedding palace.
St George's on Świdwińska Street, a Protestant cemetery chapel until 1945.
