In the city itself, outside the Bytów Castle, you can see a Gothic church tower, an Orthodox church, an eclectic St. Catherine’s Church, an impressive nineteenth-century railway bridge over the Boraja River. The surroundings of Bytow invite you to visit forests, lakes and moraine hills. Among these beautiful landscapes, not affected by industry and noise, there are many kilometers of tourist trails waiting for tourists.
KASHUBIA
ATTRACTIONS OF THE REGION
BYTÓW AND VICINITY
CASTLE IN BYTÓW, MUSEUM OF WESTERN KASHUBIA
TEUTONIC KNIGHTS CASTLE
Gothic Teutonic Castle in Bytów from the beginning of the 15th century.
Currently, it houses the West Pomeranian Museum, and you can see, among other things: a permanent exhibition about the material culture of Bytów bytowskie, a hunting exhibition, archaeological and craft part, historical part (refectory, prosecutor’s chamber, chapel and dormitory).
AQUAPARK WITH GYM AND SAUNA
SWIMMING POOL NYMPH
Swimming and Recreation Complex in Bytów.
Offers: 25 meter swimming pool / swimming pool for learning to swim from a depth of 0.90 m to 1.20 m / paddling pool for children under 7 with a small slide / fountain and water cannon / two external slides with lengths: 71 m and 63 m / high-profile river / water geysers / neck massages (cascades) / jacuzzi / dry sauna / Finnish sauna (steam) / infrared sauna / Aquarium Bar / gym
TRACK OF COILED TRACKS
THE OLD RAILWAY EMBANKMENT
One of many walking and cycling paths as well as jogging routes. In the commune of Bytów it is a section of the length of about 24 km. The route was built on the basis of old railway embankments, where before the war there was a railway route connecting Miastko with Bytów and Lębork.
A CLEAN LOBELIA LAKE
JELEŃ LAKE
Excavation lake with an area of 88. 9 ha and a maximum depth of 33. 2 m. It is used mainly for recreation and tourism. At the lake there is a guarded beach with a pier, and more than 15 meters long illuminated promenade. You can catch pike, eel, tench, perch and roach.
BUILT IN THE 19TH CENTURY
ST. CATHERINE’S CHURCH
The church was built in the years 1848-1854. Until 1945 it was an Evangelical temple dedicated to St. Elizabeth. After the end of World War II it was taken over by Catholics. The church has an organ made in 1907 and two bells cast in the years 1820-1821.
RUINS AND TOWER OF THE SAINT CHURCH OF ST. CATHERINE
RUINES OF THE CHURCH
A Gothic temple, which was probably built before the Teutonic city in 1346. Currently, the tower houses the History Department of the City of the West Kashubian Museum. It presents permanent archaeological-historical exhibitions on the past of the city and the Bytów region. In the area of the nave body there is an archaeological excavation presenting the stages of building the church
20 METERS ABOVE ON THE BORUJA RIVER
A RAILROAD BRIDGE FROM 1884
This is the historical 19th-century Bytów headwind, after which – according to popular opinion – no train has ever run, and more than a dozen years ago cars were regularly moving around. The bridge’s construction is based on Roman aqueducts. It consists of six brick arched spans, which are supported by brick granite supports. At the top of the pillars of the building are reliefs made of sandstone depicting the characteristic coats of arms of the Prussian railways, 2 x Bytów, Pomerania, Reich and Prussia.
