Baszta Jeńców

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Baszta Jeńców - a tower in Stargard. Baszta Jeńców, St. Mary's Collegiate Church and other defensive walls were recognized as a monument of history by order of the President of Poland on 17 September 2010.

It was built at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries in the southern part of the fortifications running along the bank of the Ina River. The building, located at present Strażnicza Street, has the shape of a cylinder 13 m high, which rests on a round stone base, and its construction is divided inside into four levels, each of which has shooting holes. The ground floor of the tower once had arcades supporting porches. This made it possible to fire through the openings in the wall, simultaneously from several levels.

Similar to the POW Tower, the Blacksmith Tower was demolished in 1871, hence the current name of the tower.

The name of the tower suggests that its rooms were used to hold prisoners of war.

In 2004 the tower was handed over to the Brotherhood of St. John's Knights through the Stargard Friends Society. Since then, in cooperation with the Stargard Museum, the Brotherhood has been taking care of and restoring this monument.

Coordinates: 53°20'9"N, 15°2'52"E

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Western PomeranianPoland

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Baszta Jeńców – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St. Mary's Church, Stargard Mill Gate, Stargard, Kościół Ducha Świętego.

~420 ftNW
Church
St. Mary's Church
3 min walk • St. Mary's Church, also known as the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, stands as an architectural masterpiece in the heart of Krakow, Poland. This Gothic church, with its towering spires reaching for the sky, is one of the most iconic landmarks of...
0.4 miN
Arch
Stargard Mill Gate
11 min walk • Mill Gate is an old entrance to the city of Stargard, in Poland, which functioned also as a watergate on Ina river. In medieval times the watch lowered a portcullis into the river for the night, which secured Stargard harbour, situated behind the fortification, from intruders.
~1880 ftNW
Locality
Stargard
10 min walk • Stargard is a city in northwestern Poland, located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. In 2021, it was inhabited by 67,430 people. It is situated on the Ina River. The city is the seat of the Stargard County, and, extraterritorially, of the municipality of Stargard. It is the second biggest city of Szczecin agglomeration.
~1770 ftW
Church
Kościół Ducha Świętego
9 min walk • Holy Spirit Church - a neo-Gothic building erected between 1874-1877, on the site of the original hospital church founded in 1364. Located outside the city walls, it belongs to the Stargard Zachód deanery.
~1940 ftNW
Church
Kościół klasztorny Joannitów pod wezwaniem św. Jana Chrzciciela
10 min walk • St. John's Church - Gothic church dominating the Stargard skyline with its soaring tower.
~1620 ftW
City gate
Baszta Morze Czerwone
8 min walk • Red Sea Tower in Stargard - a Gothic tower, part of the city fortifications in Stargard. It is located at the intersection of Warowna and W. Łokietka Streets in the Old Town. It was built in the second half of 14th century. It is 34 meters high.
~1910 ftN
City gate
Brama Wałowa
10 min walk • Embankment Gate - medieval town gate in Stargard, western Pomerania. A gate built in the north-eastern part of the town fortifications, at the exit to Maszewo. One of the four medieval town gates, located on Bolesława Chrobrego Street in Stargard.
0.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Dom Bractwa Strzeleckiego
10 min walk • Shooting House - a house located in Stargard on the edge of Panorama Park, on Protective Street.
~300 ftS
Park
Park Jagielloński
2 min walk • Jagiellonian Park, located in the eastern part of Stargard's Old Town, on the Ina River, is part of Stargard's Planty Park, bordered on the north by Castle Park and on the west by Popiel Park.
0.4 miNW
Memorial
Cerkiew Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła
11 min walk • Orthodox Church of Saints Peter and Paul - an Orthodox parish church in Stargard. It belongs to Szczecin deanery of Wrocław-Sczeciń diocese of the Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
0.8 miNE
Memorial
Krzyż Pokutny
22 min walk • The penitential cross in Stargard is located at the junction of the roads leading to Chociwel and Maszewo, on the left side of the road, about 1 kilometer east of the Wałowa Gate. It is the largest penitential cross in Europe and the second largest...