Pyrzyce district - poviat in Poland, in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, created in 1999 as part of an administrative reform. Its seat is Pyrzyce.
Coat of arms of the Pyrzyce poviat
An administrative division
The poviat consists of:
urban-rural communes: Lipiany, Pyrzyce rural communes: Bielice, Kozielice, Przelewice, Warnice towns: Lipiany, Pyrzyce
Neighboring counties
Gryfino poviat Stargard poviat Choszczno poviat Mysliborski poviat
Worth seeing
in Pyrzyce
ArchitecturePlan Pyrzyc.svg Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary North elevation
Legally protected monuments in Pyrzyce: Church of Our Lady of Sorrows (Augustians) Chapel of St. Ducha (Szpitalna Street), currently the Museum of the Pyrzyce Land, Mini Graduation Tower at pl. Wolności in Pyrzyce
the area of the Old Town from the 13th century [16], originally densely built up with tenement houses, now a block of flats from the 1960s, remains of defensive walls - defensive walls from the second half of the 13th century, approx. 2000 meters long. In the 15th century, their height was increased to 7-9 m, and foregates, towers and hideouts were extended. After 1650, some of the hideouts were changed into houses for the poor. After the war, some of the walls were restored. The towers of the Owl, Powder Tower, Lodowa, Drunken and Mnisza have survived to this day. The embankments from the 13th century surrounded the town for a length of 2,250 m. Together with the moat and mill ponds, they provided sufficient protection against invasions. In the years 1830–1845 the dikes were turned into a promenade. The moats were partially buried and turned into gardens, the ruins of the Szczecin Gate - the gate was built in the 12th century. In the 15th century, it had 6 floors and was topped with a conical helmet. During World War II, it was destroyed to the first floor, and after the war, no major maintenance works were carried out on the Drunken Tower - from the 15th century. Medieval "sobering-up room", damaged in 1945, rebuilt by W. Kowalski in 1989–1990, the Sleeping Beauty Tower (Ivy, Połówka, Łukowa) - rebuilt in the 15th century from a semicircular hideout. Currently, the ruins of the Monk's Tower are destroyed, not covered, Banana Gate - built in the years 1260–1270 as a three-story, in 1450 increased to five floors. It was destroyed in 1945. After the war, the Powder Tower was partially reconstructed - originally a hideout, in the 15th – 16th centuries converted and increased; reconstructed Ice Tower - built in the 15th – 16th centuries. Former dungeons in the lower storey were rented in the 19th century as a meat freezer. Rebuilt in the 1980s, the Owl Tower - it was created as a result of the expansion of a semicircular hideout. In the 16th century it was topped with a conical cupola. In the 19th century it served as an observation tower. church of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - first mentioned in 1312, destroyed several times by fires, rebuilt, destroyed for the last time in 1945 and rebuilt in 1958–1964 (but without the eastern tower). The west tower was rebuilt in the years 1975–1976, and in July 1987 it was covered with a copper sheet. There are granite parts in the front wall, and two gothic portals in the southern wall. In the main altar there is a triptych from the cemetery chapel in Gryfice. In the presbytery there are stained glass windows by Janina Spychalska from Szczecin and Maria Uspiewska from Warsaw [17]. The church, previously dedicated to St. Maurycy, since 1958 the hospital chapel of the Holy Spirit from the beginning of the 15th century is called to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On the south side, a hospital-shelter adjoined it. Destroyed in 1945, rebuilt in the years 1967–1969, it was converted into the seat of the city library (84 Ulica Zegkowa). In August 2013, the Museum of the Pyrzyce Land was opened in the building. St. Otto - a well erected in the place from which, during the baptism of Pyrzyce in 1124, St. Otton (currently ul. Warszawska). On the 700th anniversary of the event, in 1824, the well was covered with granite blocks. The author of the project was an outstanding German architect, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Church of Our Lady of Sorrows - the oldest church in Pyrzyce, formerly an Augustinian monastery church. Built in the second half of the 13th century, brick, rectangular in shape. It has early Gothic elements and a Baroque tower from the 18th century. Destroyed on February 5, 1945, during the war. Reconstruction began only in May 1987. Currently, inside the church, there is an altar triptych, which is a copy modeled on the altar in Ciećmierz near Gryfice. The place called the Temple Hill, on which the church stands, is connected with the Christianization mission of Otto of Bamberg in Western Pomerania. According to sources, there used to be a pagan temple there, which Otto ordered to demolish and erect a church (28 Staromiejska Street) in its place, a house at ul. Bogusława 15 - building from around 1900. Currently, the post office
Banska Gate
Szczecin Gate
Drunken Tower
The Powder Tower and city walls
The Owl Tower
Historical buildings in Pyrzyce:
stronghold - a remnant of a fortified settlement. It was built on an oval plan, with a higher and lower stronghold. Many valuable finds come from the site of the stronghold - the town hall - mentioned in the 13th century, destroyed several times by fires, and rebuilt. In the 16th century, it was considered the largest and most beautiful in Western Pomerania. Historic elements preserved at the basement level, buildings at ul. Księcia Bogusław X - tenement houses from the 19th and early Twentieth century, neo-style and Art Nouveau
Objects worth seeing in Pyrzyce
mini graduation towers - the facility was created in cooperation with Geotermia Pyrzyce and the municipal company Pyrzyckie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunalne. It is a prototype model of graduation towers, i.e. an object emitting aerosol from brine.