Cemeteries and monuments
a bronze bust by Antoni Popiel from 1901, brought from Lwów to Szczecin in 1956
Cemeteries and monuments
a modernist monument from 1963 on the Kołobrzeg boulevard, designed by Wiktor Tołkin
Cemeteries and monuments
marble monument of Frederick II to a design by Schadow, in the museum courtyard since 2015
Cemeteries and monuments
a nineteen-metre cross on the cliff in Pustkowo, a replica of the Giewont cross, from 2007
Cemeteries and monuments
sculpture of a railwayman changing the points, standing in front of the main station
Cemeteries and monuments
a mound from 1808 in honour of Napoleon, today with a cast-iron column from the Prussian period
Cemeteries and monuments
bronze bust on a red granite plinth, the work of Bohdan Ronin-Walknowski from 2000
Cemeteries and monuments
monument to the crew of a Lancaster of No. 617 Squadron RAF, shot down over Karsibór in 1945
Cemeteries and monuments
Cemeteries and monuments
sculpture of Christ on a donkey by the Koszalin Gate, unveiled in 2001
Cemeteries and monuments
granite stele from 1894 on Piekielnik hill, in honour of the head forester from Śmierdnica
Cemeteries and monuments
granite column with a cast head of the general and reliefs from his biography
an installation shaped like an open tin of preserve made in Szczecin since 1967
Monuments in West Pomerania: from the Baltic Cross of Hope to Szczecin's sculptures and mounds, over a dozen sites in Szczecin and the region.
The list covers monuments to people, events and symbols, most of them in Szczecin and single ones in Kołobrzeg, Koszalin, Sławno, Świnoujście and Pustkowo. Almost all can be seen free of charge, in public space.
Seven monuments on this list stand in Szczecin, in different parts of the city. The Pomnik Fryderyka II Wielkiego w Szczecinie (monument to Frederick II the Great) is a marble sculpture from 1793 after a design by Schadow, which since 2015 can be seen in the courtyard of the National Museum rather than in its original place. In front of Szczecin Główny station stands the Pomnik Kolejarza w Szczecinie (Railwayman monument) from 1964, showing a railwayman at a set of points. On the square between the Harbour Gate and Zwycięstwa Square you will find the Pomnik Kornela Ujejskiego w Szczecinie (Kornel Ujejski monument), a bronze bust of the poet, cast in 1901 and brought from Lviv.
On Szarych Szeregów Square stands the Pomnik marszałka Józefa Piłsudskiego w Szczecinie with a bronze bust, unveiled in 2000. A sandstone obelisk from 1999, honouring a scout commander, is the Pomnik Telesfora Badetki w Szczecinie, and on Gryfitów Square waits a mildly ironic installation, the Pomnik Paprykarza szczecińskiego (Szczecin Paprykarz monument), shaped like a partly opened tin and unveiled in 2020. The full city list is on Pomniki: Szczecin.
By the sea, the strongest impression comes from the Bałtycki Krzyż Nadziei (Baltic Cross of Hope): a metal cross 19 metres high on the cliff in Pustkowo, a replica of the cross on Giewont, completed in 2007. In the Kołobrzeg spa park stands the Pomnik Zaślubin Polski z Morzem (Poland's Wedding to the Sea monument) from 1963, commemorating the wedding to the sea of 18 March 1945.
In Sławno, next to the Koszalin Gate, you will see the Pomnik Chrystus przybywa do Sławna (Christ Arrives in Sławno), unveiled in 2001, and in Koszalin the Pomnik gen. Władysława Sikorskiego w Koszalinie (monument to General Władysław Sikorski) from 2003, with a cast of the general's head and bas-reliefs about his life. In Świnoujście, on Karsibór, stands the Pomnik lotników RAF w Świnoujściu (RAF Airmen monument), commemorating the airmen of a British Lancaster that was shot down on 16 April 1945, so it calls for a quiet, respectful stop.
In Szczecin you will find Wzgórze Napoleona (Napoleon Hill), an artificial mound raised by French soldiers in 1808 to honour Napoleon I, with a Prussian column on top. In the Bukowa Forest, on the Piekielnik hill, stands the Pomnik Carla Ludwiga Gené w Puszczy Bukowej (Carl Ludwig Gené monument), a granite stele from 1894 commemorating a forest superintendent, a good goal for a trip along a forest trail.
Almost all monuments on the list carry the free tag. The Railwayman monument in Szczecin in front of Szczecin Główny station is the one without it.
It is 19 metres high, stands on the cliff in Pustkowo and is a replica of the cross on Giewont, completed in 2007.
The Szczecin Paprykarz monument stands on Gryfitów Square, in the Międzyodrze-Wyspa Pucka district.
The marble monument to Frederick II the Great from 1793 stands in the courtyard of the National Museum in Szczecin.
