Cemeteries and monuments
an equestrian copy of Verrocchio's monument from 1909, taken to Warsaw and returned to the city in 2002
Cemeteries and monuments
a copper sculpture of a helmsman at the ship's wheel, the work of Ryszard Chachulski of 1980
Cemeteries and monuments
a column over 22 m high with three eagles in Kasprowicz Park, unveiled in 1979
Cemeteries and monuments
a bronze monument of a kneeling army nurse from 1980, a tribute to women in the army
Cemeteries and monuments
a bronze bench from 2022 with a figure of the inventor of three-phase current, in Turzyn
Cemeteries and monuments
a sculpture by Ludwig Manzel from 1916 on the Chrobry Embankment
Cemeteries and monuments
bronze monument of the Pope as St Peter walking on the waves, unveiled in 1995
Cemeteries and monuments
the city's first monument in the form of a bench, a traveller on a trunk in Anders Park
Cemeteries and monuments
sandstone ducal couple by the Ducal Castle, unveiled in 1974
Cemeteries and monuments
monument to General Józef Haller in the form of a bench, in front of the barracks of the brigade named after him
Cemeteries and monuments
a 145-centimetre figure in pink granite from 1961, in honour of Janusz Korczak
Cemeteries and monuments
baroque group of Flora with two putti that has moved through several places in the city
Cemeteries and monuments
monument from 1960 showing the poet as a pensive pilgrim with a book
Cemeteries and monuments
bench from 2008, an actor with a cigarette, the work of the sculptor Michał Selerowski
Cemeteries and monuments
bronze sculpture of an artist and founder of aid for poor girls, seated on a bench by a park
Cemeteries and monuments
sandstone sculpture by Georg Morin from the late 1930s in front of the hospital management building
Sculpture in West Pomerania: monuments, benches with figures and outdoor sculptures, from the Chrobry Embankment to Kołobrzeg and Międzyzdroje.
Sculpture in the city can be seen free of charge at any hour, so the list suits a walk without a plan. Almost all the works stand in Szczecin, and two lie by the sea: in Kołobrzeg and Międzyzdroje.
Most sculptures gather around the Old Town. Outside the National Museum, on its terrace on the Chrobry Embankment, stands Hercules Fighting the Centaur (Herkules walczący z centaurem), a sandstone group by Ludwig Manzel from 1916, 2.4 metres high, with two figures locked in combat. By the Castle of the Pomeranian Dukes, next to the Bell Tower, you will find the Pomnik księcia Bogusława X i jego żony królewny Anny Jagiellonki w Szczecinie (monument to Duke Bogislaw X and Princess Anna Jagiellon), made of yellow sandstone and unveiled in 1974.
On Orła Białego Square stands the Posąg Flory w Szczecinie (statue of Flora), a Baroque group of Saxon sandstone: the Roman goddess of spring, carrying flowers in a basket, flanked by two putti. The figure first crowned the parapet of the Grumbkow Palace and reached its present spot in 1991. By Mickiewicz Square, not far from Stefan Żeromski Park, stands the Pomnik Adama Mickiewicza w Szczecinie (Adam Mickiewicz monument), unveiled in 1960, made of artificial stone and showing the poet as a pensive pilgrim holding a book. You can walk past all these sculptures in one afternoon.
On Lotników Square stands the Pomnik Bartolomeo Colleoniego w Szczecinie (Bartolomeo Colleoni monument), an equestrian statue of the condottiere, a copy of the Venetian monument made in 1909 by electroforming for the Szczecin city museum. By Grunwaldzki Square, on the axis of Jana Pawła II Avenue, stands the Pomnik Marynarza w Szczecinie (Sailor monument), a helmsman at the wheel, worked in copper in 1980 and 3.85 metres high, with the Royal Gate and the Harbour Gate close by.
For families with children a good goal is the Pomnik Króla Maciusia I (King Matt the First) on Rayskiego Street: a granite figure of the protagonist of a Janusz Korczak novel, 145 centimetres tall, unveiled on Children's Day in 1961. The boy gazes at a nightingale he holds in his hands.
Benches are a genre of monument of their own: a figure sits on a bench and a passer-by can sit down next to it. Szczecin has several, and each tells a different story. The Ławeczka Michała Doliwo-Dobrowolskiego (Michał Doliwo-Dobrowolski Bench) in Turzyn is a bronze monument from 2022, according to Wikipedia the first anywhere to honour the engineer who built a three-phase induction motor in 1889. The Pomnik Jana Czekanowskiego w Szczecinie (Jan Czekanowski monument) from 2012 stands in General Anders Park: the anthropologist sits on a travelling trunk in the dress of an explorer of Africa.
In Żelechowa, at the edge of a park, stands the Ławeczka Sophie Caroline Auguste Tilebein w Szczecinie (Sophie Tilebein Bench), a bronze sculpture of a German artist who founded a foundation helping poor girls, financed from the citizens' budget. The Ławeczka Józefa Hallera w Szczecinie (Józef Haller Bench) from 2021 stands on the Hallerczyków square in Głębokie, opposite the gate to the 12th Mechanised Brigade's barracks.
Two large monuments stand near Jasne Błonia. Pomnik Czynu Polaków (Monument to Polish Achievement) is a stainless steel column in Kasprowicz Park, about 22.5 m high, crowned by three bronze eagles to a design by Gustaw Zemła, unveiled in 1979 and known in the city as the Monument of Three Eagles. Opposite stands the Pomnik Jana Pawła II w Szczecinie (monument to John Paul II) from 1995, commemorating the Mass the Pope celebrated here in 1987. The park they stand in is Jan Kasprowicz Park in Łękno.
By the sea, look in at the Ławeczka Gustawa Holoubka (Gustaw Holoubek Bench) in Międzyzdroje, unveiled in 2008, where the actor sits reaching for a cigarette, a work by Michał Selerowski. In Kołobrzeg stands the Pomnik Sanitariuszki w Kołobrzegu (Army Nurse monument) by Adolf Cogiel that was unveiled on 13 July 1980, commemorating women who fought in the Polish Army in the Second World War, especially in the fighting for Kołobrzeg in March 1945. The sculpture shows a kneeling nurse helping a wounded soldier. It is a commemorative monument, so it deserves a quiet, respectful stop.
A separate note concerns the Pomnik Miłosiernego Samarytanina w Szczecinie (Good Samaritan monument): a sandstone sculpture made by Georg Morin in the late 1930s, standing in front of a hospital on Unii Lubelskiej Street, which at the time was a Luftwaffe military hospital. The sculpture has classicising forms typical of the art of that period.
The simplest way is to group the works by district. Four sculptures lie in the Old Town: Hercules, the monument to Bogislaw X and Anna Jagiellon, the statue of Flora and the Mickiewicz monument. Three stand in the Centrum, by squares: Colleoni, the Sailor and King Matt. Such a walk takes half a day and needs no tickets.
A second day is worth giving to Łękno and Jasne Błonia, where Kasprowicz Park lies next to the monuments to Polish Achievement and John Paul II, and a third to the benches scattered across the districts: Turzyn, Nowe Miasto, Żelechowa and Głębokie. The works by the sea, in Kołobrzeg and Międzyzdroje, are best visited on a trip to the coast. The full list of works in the city is on Rzeźba: Szczecin.
All sculptures on this list carry the free tag, because they stand in public space, on squares, in parks and along streets.
Benches stand in Turzyn (Michał Doliwo-Dobrowolski), General Anders Park (Jan Czekanowski), Żelechowa (Sophie Tilebein) and the Hallerczyków square in Głębokie (Józef Haller).
Height belongs to the Polish Achievement monument in Kasprowicz Park, which stands out: a column of roughly 22.5 m with three bronze eagles on top.
Hercules Fighting the Centaur, made by Ludwig Manzel in 1916, stands outside the National Museum, on its Chrobry Embankment terrace.
It is a copy of the Renaissance monument of the condottiere in Venice, made in 1909 in Geislingen for the Szczecin city museum. Today it stands on Lotników Square.
Try the monument to King Matt the First in Rayskiego Street, or the benches where a child can sit beside the figure.
