Koł‚obrzeg

Located on the Parseta river on the south coast of the Baltic Sea. Founded by the Slavic Pomeranians in the early middle ages as a settlement at the site of modern Budzistowo. "Kołobrzeg" literally means in Polish "by the shore".

Built somewhere around the XIV century. The first service took place on the building site in 1321. It was rebuilded and restructured in course of the next two centuries and served as a collegiate church since the XVI century and later as a Lutheran church. Since XVII till the XX century many times devastated during war and demolished in 1945 by the Soviet artillery. After the war it was meant to be disassembled but was handed over in Catholic hands and finaly rebuilded in 1974.

The town hall in the center of Kołobrzeg is one of the few remains of the historic city center. Even since the XIV century a town hall was positioned at that location, but its current shape and form date from more recent times. It was constructed in the first half of the XIX century after an neo-gothic design of the German architect Schinkel. The town hall is now home to a modern art gallery, a concert hall and an underground café.

The Academy was founded in 1655 at the former Podgórna Street, in the vicinity of the historic first town hall. This new educational unit functioned at the command of the fortress and schooled 15/16-year-old boys from the Prussian nobility.

ORP Fala is a Polish patrol craft of the Project 912 class. She was the first ship of a five-ship series, commissioned in 1965. Of a Polish design, they were built in Gdynia. "Fala" means literally "the wave". After decommissioning in 1996, Fala was opened as a museum ship in Kołobrzeg, as part of the "Muzeum Oręża Polskiego" exhibition.

A gothic  building representing the medieval city. An object of the first half of the fifteenth century. In addition to the residential character it had commercial functions. After a major refurbishment in the mid-sixteenth century the main facada and interior of the building were changed in typical architectural style of Western Pomerania. Rebuilt in the years 1957-1963 for the purpose of the museum, it is currently used for temporary exhibitions.

The tower was formerly called the Fuse Tower. After WW II, its name was distorted and it remains unchanged until today. The tower was a part of the medieval town fortification and today is the only building  that survived. This type is called "closed". Today it houses the branch of PTTK - the Polish Tourist Association.

The first modern defense in Kołobrzeg built by the occupying city soldiers of Wallensteins imperial army (30 XI 1627 - 1 II 1631) and modernized and fortified further till the second half of the XVII century. After many battles and a few decisions, in 1872 most of the fortifications were demolished leaving till today only few objects of the former fortress.

• Fort Munde - built in 1770-1774 as a three storey tower with a well following French pattern. Converted in 1832-1836. It defended the entry to the port. Currently superimposed upon is a lighthouse built in 1945
• Morast Redoubt - built in 1770-1774 on northern tip of Solna Island, in the fork of the river Parseta and the Drzewny Canal. It was a part of the defense system of the port. Currently a marina
• Solna Redoubt - built in 1832-1836 as a part of the defense system of the port. Currently a water sports centre of the Polish Scouts Association
• Stone Rampart - built in 1832-1836 to defend the access to the port from the east and to defend the coast. At the end of the XIX century converted for catering purposes
• Wolf Fort - built in 1806-1807. It defended the access to the port from the east. In 1925 the interior of the fort converted into an amphitheatre
• Batardeu - at the turn of XVII/XVIII century created the reservoirs for controlling the water level in moats and for artificial flooding the approaches to the fortress. Great part of the object was destroyed in 1988

The museum was opened in 1963. It possess a large collection of Polish hand weapons, uniforms, artillery pieces, vehicles and air planes from both World Wars. All of the museum pieces were placed in chronological order. The museum is each year visited by over 130,000 visitors.

A one nave gothic temple founded in 1222 by duchess Mirosława, the mother of Barnim I. It was presented to the convent in Mogilno. According to sources from 1333 the temple fall within the Bishopric of Cammin. Destroyed during the time of the reformation, and wasn‛t restored until the 1670. After that it was devastated by Russian and French troops, that also sold both bells from the temples tower. The church was again reconstructed in 1824.