Kolbatz: Hotels and accommodations

Kolbatz is located on the PÅ‚onia River, 3.5 km west of Lake Miedwie and 2 km east of the Bukowe Hills. The town belongs to the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Gryfino County, and the municipality of Stare Czarnowo.

Culture and history

In the Middle Ages, Kolbatz became an important political center of the Pomeranian duchy. In 1210, construction began here on a new church, a monastery, and defensive walls.

Kolbatz is home to a Cistercian abbey, considered the oldest in Western Pomerania and historically one of the most important and wealthiest monasteries in Pomerania. The abbey church is designed in the late Romanesque style and has a 13th-century triangular gable with a distinctive rose window.

The Cistercian complex includes the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the abbot's house, the lay brothers' house, and agricultural buildings, including a Gothic barn from the 15th century.

Landscape and regional context

The wider regional surroundings of Kolbatz include Szczecin - Zamek, 14th century, Góry Lipki, Mieleński Ostrów, Ostrów Grabowski, and Wyspa Gryfia.

Other places in the same regional context include Stare Czarnowo, Steklno, Krzywin, Binowo, Weltyn, Nawodna, Widuchowa and Chojna.

For the broader travel overview: Greifenhagen.