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
Historic sites
cellar walls of a castle from 1315 on the stronghold hill above the Parsęta, the only trace of the building
Things to do alone in Białogard: see a market square with two town halls, brick churches from the fourteenth century and castle cellars by the Parsęta.
Białogard is a town to look at in your own rhythm: no queue for tickets, no group, and a pause at every facade. All five places here carry the tag for solo travellers. For the town as a whole, see things to do in Białogard; for other solo-friendly places in the region, try solo travel in West Pomerania.
Start on Plac Wolności, because that is where the buildings that say most about the town stand together. Two town halls built more than a century apart face the square, and the churches begin a short walk away. The castle hill comes last, for anyone who likes ruins and quiet.
At number 5 stands Stary Ratusz w Białogardzie, a Neoclassical trading house of 1827. A timber clock tower was set against it in 1847, and inside there is now a museum and a ceremonial hall for weddings. At numbers 16-17 you will see Nowy ratusz w Białogardzie, a brick building of the 1920s imitating German Renaissance and entered in the register of monuments. Comparing the two is a short lesson in how quickly fashion moved in public architecture.
Kościół Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Białogardzie (Kościelna 1a) rose while the town walls were being built. It has three aisles, a Baroque altar and an organ dated to 1775, and fires damaged it in 1506, 1517 and 1677. The other, Kościół św. Jerzego w Białogardzie (Świdwińska 3a), lay in a cemetery for a long time and was a Protestant chapel until 1945. Today it is an auxiliary church, and its Gothic brickwork is the building's trademark.
Relikty zamku w Białogardzie is a small but telling place. In the western part of the old stronghold a masonry castle went up in 1315, and only its niched cellar walls survived. There is nothing to tour here in the sense of an exhibition, only a view of what the castle left behind.
Give the morning to Plac Wolności and the church on Kościelna, then in the afternoon walk to the church on Świdwińska and up to the castle hill. If the weather turns, the Old Town Hall remains, since it houses the museum.
For the historical background, including the quarrel between Białogard and Świdwin in 1469, read the article Świdwin and Białogard: the Knights Hospitaller castle, Kamienna Gate and the battle over a cow in 1469.
Yes, because the sights rely on looking at buildings and walking. You do not have to book a group visit or match anyone else's pace.
The Old Town Hall of 1827 is older. The New Town Hall dates only from the 1920s.
Yes: the niched cellar walls on the castle hill by the river. The castle itself was pulled down, so the building is gone.
It is inside the Old Town Hall, at Plac Wolności 5, which also contains the wedding hall.
