Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill is an artificial earth mound in Szczecin, in the Zawadzkiego-Klonowica estate, at the junction of Unii Lubelskiej and Klonowica Streets. It is about 8 m high and about 50 m across at the base.

The mound of 1808

It was heaped up in 1808 by the French soldiers occupying the town, to celebrate the 39th birthday of Napoleon I. Next to it stood a camp with 12,000 soldiers, and on 15 August a festival was held here with a military parade and a display of Bengal lights. At the top a column with a bust of the emperor was set up.

After 1814

When the Prussians regained Szczecin, they named the hill Deutscher Berg, took down the bust and set up a cast-iron column topped with the Iron Cross and a plaque for soldiers killed in 1813-15, and fenced the whole with a chain on four cannon barrels. After 1945 the original name returned, although it is not widely known among residents. Only the cast-iron column has survived, and the summit is wooded.

Practical information

• The mound stands at the junction of Unii Lubelskiej and Klonowica Streets, about 3.5 km from the Szczecin Central Cemetery.
• The mound stands by a street, so you can get to it by public transport or by car.