In the Strzelce – Drezdenko County there are many beautiful historical monuments, which are undoubtedly one of the region’s attractions for tourists.
Below is a list of the most valuable historical monuments in the county.
Town and Commune of Strzelce Krajeńskie
A complex of Medieval fortifications in Strzelce Krajeńskie.
This Medieval complex consists of the ramparts, Mill Gate and Prison Tower. The shooting ramparts, which are the oldest monument in the Lubusz Voivodeship were probably build in the years 1272 – 1290 from a permanent building material, such as glacial erratics. Until now there is still 1640 m of wall left with 35 shell towers.
Mill Gate in Strzelce Krajeńskie
One of the two existing city gates, also called the Dresdenko and Eastern gate. It was built in the 15th century in place of an older, probably rock building. It is part of a Medieval fortification system. The gate is located at the outlet of former Młyńska Street. Built on a rectangular plan, with brick, Wendish wall, four-storey, with ogival crossing. After the II World War there was a restaurant there, and in the years 1967-69, after a complete renovation, it was a seat of the Municipal Office, and then County Cultural Centre. Currently the complex is occupied by a State Musical School of the 1st degree.
Prison Tower in Strzelce Krajeńskie
A picturesque building, which is part of the municipal fortifications. The tower was built in the 14th century using the walls of an already existing shell tower and is located in the Northern part of the Old Town, at ul. Nowa Brama. It is built on a rectangular plan. It its lower part the tower is made of stone, whereas its higher parts are made of brick. The brick part of the building has the shape of a curved rectangle, topped with an observation platform with battlements and a brick cone. The tower was built because a freeing port was made in the defence wall to guard it. In the past it was a prison and storage for gunpowder.
Church under the invocation of Our Lady of the Rosary in Strzelce Krajeńskie.
The church was built in the second half of the 13th century in the form of a basilica. The ground floor of this massive brick tower was made of granite cube. The tower is decorated with three ogival blendes and double profiled windows. On the ground floor of the Western elevation there is a brick, profiled ogival portal. The basilica was rebuilt after it was burned by Hussites in 1433. Then sacristy, central nave and aisles were added to the Northern, internal wall. When the church was burned again in 1945 the vaulting of the central nave and the tower’s wooden dome collapsed. The church was rebuilt in the years 1971 – 1973.
Town and country of Drezdenko
The palace and Park complex at Plac Wolności in Drezdenko with a Baroque palace from 1766 (currently the seat of the Junior High School No 1).
In the last century this former palace was the most monumental and widely-known building in Drezdenko. It hosted the following guests: Prussian king Frederick Wilhelm III with queen Louise, Russia tsar Alexander I, Grand Duke Constantin and the Prussia successor Frederick Wilhelm. In 1909 stables located near the palace were rebuilt to become a private school for girls. In the spring 1957 a decision was made to establish a primary school in the forsaken palace complex. On 2 September 1958 school bells were heard for the first time, marking the new beginning for this old palace complex.
Church under the invocation of Transfiguration of Our Lord in Drezdenko
The church was built in the years 1898-1902 on a plan resembling a square. It is located in the Western part of the town outside the old-town architecture. The body of the building is fragmented. It consists of the following: sanctuary, three-nave body, seven cuboidal porches placed on the Western side of the elevation, sacristy and a four-storey tower, which is covered with a conical dome with four corner turrets. There are decorative friezes made of brick blocks in the form of rosettes and truss on external elevations. Most of the preserved furnishings comes from the times the church was built.
Former Armory in Drezdenko
The building was raised at the beginning of the 17th century due to the construction of the lowland fortress. In the years 1981 - 1985 the building was renovated to become a museum. All exhibits were donated.
Gothic Revival Town Hall in Drezdenko – an example of art nouveau
It was the seat of the Court and after 1945 – the seat of a Medical High School. Currently it houses organizational units of the District Srarosty in Strzelce Krajeńskie.
Town and Commune of Dobiegniew
Church under the invocation of Christ the King in Dobiegniewo
The beginning of the church dates back to the 14th century. Despite numerous fires in the city, the church survived until today. Architecture was shaped in the Middle Ages and in the 19th century. The Church was built from ceramic brick in vendian and binding of blocks. Originally it was a Catholic church, which was transformed to a Protestant church during reformation times in 1534.
Palace in Mierzęcin
The palace complex with farm buildings is located in the North-Eastern part of Mierzęcin with its total area of approx. 24 ha. In the middle of the 18th century it belonged to von Waldow family. The palace consist of a rectangular body, tower and a small side wing. Avant-corps parts of the building are three-storey and elements adjoining the central part are two-storey. All elements are covered with individual hip roofs with eaves covered by crenellation parapet walls.
Ramparts in Dobiegniewo
There is only a shell tower with wall fragments left after the ramparts built here in the second half of the 14th century. Those municipal fortifications were reinforced with rectangular towers, which were treated as defence points (37 in total). On the road leading from East to West there were two gates built: Top (High) from the West and Bottom (Low) from the East. During the fire in 1710 the majority of the town burnt, leaving only the Eastern and South part of the city quarters.
Church under the invocation of the Blessed Mother of God in Ługi
This Greek Catholic Church is built on the hill, in the Western part of the town. The church was built in 1899 as a Protestant gathering, in a Gothic Revival style. The building is made of stone and brick, on a rectangular plan with a separate quadrangular sanctuary. There is a perpendicular quadrangular tower on the Western side. After II WW until the year 1952 the church was not used. On 28 August 1952 the church was sacrificed as the Orthodox church under the invocation of the Blessed Mother of God.
Zwierzyn Commune
Church under the invocation of John the Baptist in Zwierzyn
The history of the church dates back to the 18th century. Originally the church was a Protestant sanctuary. At the end of the 19th century its side elevations were rebuilt with ceramic brick. This one-nave church building was built on a rectangular plan. From the body of the building there was a small rectangular tower with beam construction raised. The design is made of the matroneum supported by columns and an altar crucifix.
Manor in Sarbiewo
Built in about 1842 in a neoclassical style. The building was based on a rectangular plan, one-storey, masonry, partially with a basement. It is covered with a high, half-hipped roof with three evenly placed extensions. On the elevation from the park’s side there is a porch with a patio and extension with a triangular finish. On the East side, by the peak elevation, there is a one-storey outhouse added. Inside of the manor was partially changed by later modifications. Currently the building is in the hands of a private individual.
Stare Kurowo Commune
Evangelical church, currently Roman Catholic parish church under the invocation of Saints Peter and Paul
The church was built in 1877 in a Gothic Revival style as an Evangelic sanctuary with ceramic brick, with non-plastered elavations, one-nave, with separate sanctuary, sacristy and perpendicular tower. In the years 1951-1978 the parish church was run by the Basilian Order. Since 1978 the church is run by diocesan priests.
