• Gothic Church of St. Catherine from the years 1310-1370, founded by the Teutonic Knights. In the years 1554-1598 it was used by Lutherans. After damage in 1631 and 1648 was renewed in the 2nd half of the 17th century. Three-nave hall church with square-closed chancel and the west facade with tower from the 15th century. Inside the 15th-century starlike vaults, fragments of wall murals: Gothic, Renaissance from about 1582, and the Baroque of the turn of the 18th century. Gothic sculptures: 12 apostles at the pillars of the aisle; St. Barbara; St.. James; the crucifix from the 2nd half of the 14th century; group of the Crucifixion from the beginning of the 16th century. Renaissance stalls of 1583.

 

• Teutonic Castle Ruins from the 14th century with the high tower (56 m high) reserved. The castle was the headquarters of the commander of Brodnica and was one of the most powerful Teutonic castles.
During the 13-year war was occupied by the Polish army in 1454 and 1463. From 1479 to the partition of Poland in 1772 the castle was the seat of Polish mayors (1485-1604 Działyński, and the most famous: princess Anna Vasa 1604-1625). The castle was destroyed during the Swedish wars in the 17th century and in the years 1785-1842 was partially demolished by order of King Frederick II of Prussia.
The castle is adjacent to the northwest part of the city walls, used to protect one of the most important passages on the River Drwęca. Built on a square plan with an inner courtyard, surrounded by a moat and linked to the flowing beside Drwęca.
Currently in the basement of the castle the museum exhibition is located.

 

• Palace of Anna Vasa - Polish starosts mansion built before 1564 at the Teutonic castle area by the Brodnica County starost Rafał Działyński, partly with the use of the Gothic walls. The palace was rebuilt and expanded as a residence by Anna Vasa of Sweden in the years 1605-1616 then it was the seat of successive starosts. Burned by Russians in 1945 and reconstructed in 1969.

During its existence there resided starosts of prominent families. From the early 17th century Brodnica county was granted to members of the royal family. Besides Anna Vasa of Sweden the Brodnica starosts were: Constance wife of Polish King Sigismund III Vasa, his daughter Anna Catherine, wife of King Wladyslaw IV - Cecilia Renata, and his advisor and the Great Crown Chancellor Jerzy Tęczyn Ossoliński, Maria Kazimiera - wife of John III Sobieski, Crown Hetman Marcin Kalinowski and the Great crown Marshal Marshal Francis Balinski. Currently it houses a library and museum.

• Chełmińska Gate was one of the six entrances to the town. Built in the years 1310-30 and superstructured around 1370, renewed in 1898 with a partial reconstruction of the gable. In the 19th century it was used as a prison. In the 1970s has been adapted to the seat of the museum.
Founded on a square plan, 2-storey with the stepped gable and pinnacles with semicircular plastered blind windows.

 

• Tower of Gothic Town Hall and actually its top part is the only remaining part of the old town hall, built at the end of the 14th century, burnt down in 1631, and later surrounded by some structures, finally demolished in 1868

 

• Tower of the Masurian Gate was built about the mid 14th century, in the lower storey square in the upper octagonal.

Brodnica, ul. Św. Jakuba 1 (1 St James Street)

65 km north-east of Toruń
Opening hours:

High season (1st June - 15th September): 11am - 6pm

Low season (16th September - 31th May): Tue - Sun: 8am - 3pm | Mon: closed
Admission fees:
5 PLN, reduced: 3 PLN
Further details:
tel/fax (+48) 56 4983698, e-mail: muzeumwbrodnicy@onet.pl

 

Permanent exhibitions: see here

Toruń (0 km) - Golub (42 km) - Brodnica (73 km)