Fragments of the medieval town walls of Gryfice from the early 14th century, along the Rega River and several streets of the Old Town.
The town walls in Gryfice surrounded the Old Town in an oval line about 650 metres long. Construction began around 1300, on the site of a former earth-and-timber palisade. Fragments have survived to this day and can be walked along the Rega River and several streets.
The line of fortifications spanned from 200 to 350 metres, and the walls were from 3 to 5 metres high. Their thickness in some places was from 40 to 80 centimetres. They were built of stone and brick on lime or cement mortar, with the brick laid in Wendish bond. On the outside the wall was strengthened by buttresses, and on the inside there were stairs and hoardings for defence. In the 17th century and in 1807, during the defence of the town against Napoleonic troops, an earth rampart was added.
The walls linked the High, Rega and Stone Gates and three towers: the Gunpowder, Mill and Bridge Towers, as well as six bastions. Among those with their own pages are the High Gate, the Stone Gate and the Gunpowder Tower.
Fragments with a full profile have survived between Wałowa, Górska and Niepodległości Streets. The section from the High Gate along the Rega to the footbridge and on to the mill on Murarska Street has been preserved in part. Remnants that were still visible a few decades ago have vanished. In 2005, as part of revitalisation, a section of the southern wall was rebuilt from the High Gate to the Rega. The walls were entered in the heritage register in 1955.
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