Historic sites
an Art Nouveau villa of a wine merchant from 1902 in Pogodno, today offices in a restored building
Historic sites
a brick villa from 1899 with lime trees on Wojska Polskiego Avenue in Pogodno
Historic sites
villa of 1910-1911 in Pogodno, designed by a Dresden firm, today the seat of the library's management
Churches and monasteries
a modernist church from 1972-1978 with an amphitheatre layout, merged into an old church from 1930
Places with character
square of the Neu Westend estate with villas of the early 20th century and two playgrounds
Historic sites
an Art Nouveau villa from 1902 with a wrought-iron fence from the time of construction, in the Pogodno estate
Cemeteries and monuments
a mound from 1808 in honour of Napoleon, today with a cast-iron column from the Prussian period
Historic sites
brutalist shelter of 1973 with a mushroom-slab roof on 21 pillars, entered in the register
Historic sites
eclectic villa from the early 20th century referring to the Swiss style and the neo-Renaissance
Places with character
a square in Pogodno with a concert shell, fairs and the Szczecin Flea Market
Historic sites
doctor's villa from 1897 with a Doric portico and griffins in the tympanum, today a school
Places with character
bronze and granite at the entrance to the Szczecin City Stadium
Cemeteries and monuments
sandstone sculpture by Georg Morin from the late 1930s in front of the hospital management building
Things to do in Pogodno, Szczecin: historic villas from around 1900, round neighbourhood squares, a modernist church and Napoleon's Hill.
Pogodno is a villa district, so a walk here starts with residential architecture: Art Nouveau, eclecticism and neoclassicism. Beside the houses are squares where neighbourhood life goes on and a few surprising objects, from a concrete railway shelter to an artificial mound.
Most of the sights are villas, and seven entries on the list are listed monuments. They usually stand along a few neighbouring streets, so one walk covers them, looking from the pavement.
Two stand on Wojska Polskiego Avenue: the Martin Quistorp Villa at number 160, eclectic, from 1899, and the Wegner Villa at number 164, neoclassical, with a Doric portico, now a private secondary school. On Solskiego Street neighbours are the Krahnstöver Villa from 1902, Art Nouveau and restored, and the villa at 4 Solskiego Street, brick, from 1900-1902. Add the Herman Schultz Villa at 27 Konopnickiej and the villa at 1 Hoene-Wrońskiego Street from 1910-1911, which houses the management of the city library. The whole set is on the page of historic buildings in Pogodno. The story of the neighbourhood is told in the article Pogodno: the villa district and Quistorp's work.
On the squares. Plac Jakuba Wujka is round, surrounded by villas from 1902-1907 and has two playgrounds, so it suits an outing with children. Plac Waleriana Pawłowskiego has a concert shell and hosts fairs and a flea market. Both are covered on the page of atmospheric places in Pogodno, which also lists the Florian Krygier bench by the Municipal Stadium.
Three objects differ from the villa landscape: a church, a mound and a shelter. All are viewed from outside.
The Church of the Holy Cross is a modernist building with a lower church, an amphitheatre layout and a suspended ceiling. Napoleon's Hill is a mound raised in 1808 by French soldiers, with a Prussian column on top. The platform shelter at Szczecin Pogodno stop is a reinforced-concrete Brutalist structure from 1973 with a mushroom-slab roof. By the hospital on Unii Lubelskiej Street you will also find the Good Samaritan Monument.
The villas on Wojska Polskiego Avenue and Solskiego Street, one of the squares, and at the end the church or Napoleon's Hill. Comfortable shoes are all you need.
There is no guarantee: several villas house schools and institutions, so you will most likely view them from outside.
To Plac Jakuba Wujka, which has two playgrounds and is surrounded by villas.
A walk around the neighbourhood, the squares, Napoleon's Hill and the monuments. Two items on the list also carry the free tag.
