Museums
a museum in a brick manor from the early 19th century, from prehistory to the Pomeranian Wall
Places with character
pedestrian suspension bridge of 1978 over Lake Raduń, leading to the fortifications of the Pomeranian Wall
Historic sites
a brick town hall from 1890 with a corner bay window and a neo-Baroque turret with a gloriette
Churches and monasteries
Neo-Gothic brick church of 1863-1865 with older furnishings, including embroidered chasubles of the 17th and 18th centuries
Churches and monasteries
Greek Catholic church in a former Lutheran hospital chapel with a bas-relief of the fallen of the First World War
Churches and monasteries
Orthodox church in a former Protestant cemetery chapel with an iconostasis from the Lublin region
Churches and monasteries
Neo-Gothic brick church of the early 20th century, built on a cruciform plan, looked after by the Capuchins
Architecture in Wałcz: neo-Gothic churches, an 1890 town hall, two Orthodox-rite churches, a classicist manor and the steel Kłosowski Bridge over Lake Raduń.
Wałcz lies between lakes, and its monuments come mainly from the 19th and early 20th centuries, so it is a good place to see how people built in the age of brick and historicism. The rest of the town is shown under Wałcz, and buildings from the region are gathered in the architecture section of West Pomerania.
The centre has two brick neo-Gothic churches and a town hall from the late 19th century. All were built of brick between 1863 and 1903 and stand close enough to be seen in one walk.
Ratusz w Wałczu (Town Hall) was built in 1890 on a corner of Plac Wolności. It is a brick building with an oriel, and its neo-Baroque turret became its symbol. Today it houses the town authorities. Right beside it stands Kościół św. Mikołaja w Wałczu (Church of St Nicholas), a neo-Gothic church of 1863-1865 consecrated in 1866, which received older furnishings from the former church. Kościół św. Antoniego w Wałczu (Church of St Anthony) on Sądowa street, of 1900-1903, was built on a cross plan for the Protestant congregation. Today it belongs to the Capuchins.
Two churches were created in buildings that had quite different purposes. Both occupy former Protestant buildings, so the role of the building changed along with the denomination.
Cerkiew Świętej Trójcy w Wałczu (Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity) on Kujawska street is an Orthodox church in a former Protestant cemetery chapel of the 19th century. The iconostasis comes from an old church in the Lublin area that was pulled down. Cerkiew Podwyższenia Krzyża Pańskiego w Wałczu (Exaltation of the Holy Cross) on Andersa street serves the Greek Catholic community, in a Lutheran hospital chapel built in 1923-1924. It has a relief commemorating those killed in the First World War. Wider context comes in an article on Orthodox churches of the Lakeland.
The manor holds a museum, and the bridge crosses Lake Raduń. Both combine easily with a walk through town, and the museum suits poorer weather.
Muzeum Ziemi Wałeckiej w Wałczu (Wałcz Land Museum) occupies a classicist manor house of the early 19th century on Pocztowa street. It is a brick building on the register of monuments; inside is an exhibition from prehistory to 1945, and outdoors a fortification open-air display of the Pomeranian Wall. Most Kłosowski (Kłosowski Bridge) is a steel suspension bridge of 1978, 85 metres long, for pedestrians only. It links the lake shores at its narrowest point and leads towards the fortifications. For the lakes themselves, read Wałcz on lakes Raduń and Zamkowe, which describes the shores.
You can see the buildings from the street in an afternoon. Only the museum holds you longer, if you want the exhibition and the open-air display.
No, the bridge is for pedestrians only.
The one on Sądowa street: neo-Gothic St Anthony's, put up in the early 20th century for a Protestant congregation.
On a corner of Plac Wolności, the market square. It has a neo-Baroque turret and is the seat of the town authorities.
