page_title: List of cities with defensive walls
section_title: Poland
hierarchical_section_title: List of cities with defensive walls / Europe / Poland
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Szydłów, zespół kościoła par. pw. św. Władysława, XIV, XVII w., po 1945 r. This is a photo of a monument in Poland identified by the ID 643885
context_page_description: The following cities have, or historically had, defensive walls.
context_section_description: Biała Prudnicka
  Białogard
  Bolesławiec – the old town has fragmentary remains of the old town wall, including several towers and stretches of wall.
  Braniewo
  Brodnica
  Brzeg – a star-shaped park around the old town is what remains of the renaissance fortifications. Some parts of the moat still remain. The shape of seven bastions is recognizable from the air.
  Bystrzyca Kłodzka
  Chełmno – almost whole length of walls (2.2 km), with 17 watch towers and city gate, 13th and 14th centuries.
  Chojna
  Chojnice
  Dąbie
  Dzierżoniów
  Gdańsk
  Głogów
  Gniew
  Goleniów
  Golub-Dobrzyń
  Gorzów Wielkopolski
  Grodków
  Grudziądz
  Gryfice
  Gryfino
  Jawor
  Jelenia Góra
  Kalisz
  Kamień Pomorski
  Kętrzyn
  Kłodzko – the remains include the impressive citadel located on a hill north of the medieval town.
  Kołobrzeg – a round basion and a part of the moat still remain.
  Kostrzyn – the medieval town was entirely destroyed during World War II, only remaining some ruins of houses, the ruins of a church and the riverside fortified walls. The fortified walls include three bastions and a land gate. The remaining moat of an outer work is located north west of the ruined medieval town.
  Koszalin
  Kowalewo Pomorskie
  Kożuchów
  Kraków – only the barbican, Floriańska Gate, two watch towers and some traces preserved
  Krapkowice
  Kwidzyn
  Legnica
  Lębork – city ruins from the Medieval era
  Lidzbark Warmiński
  Lipiany
  Lubań – partially preserved
  Lubawa
  Lubin
  Lublin
  Malbork – one gate and a round bastion still remain. Stretches of the walls still remain alongside the river in the direction of the famous Malbork Castle
  Maszewo – the town walls are nearly complete, apart from two breaches made for the increasing traffic. The two original town gates are demolished, and an adjacent tower of one of the gates still remains.
  Mieszkowice
  Modlin Fortress
  Myślibórz
  Nowe – sizable parts of the walls remain.
  Nowe Miasto Lubawskie – two town gates remain.
  Nowogrodziec
  Nysa – there are large remains of the renaissance fortifications, notably to the east of the old town and to the north of the Nysa Klodzka river. There are several forts around Nysa. The remains of the medieval town walls include two land gates, the remains of a water gate, some towers and stretches of wall.
  Olkusz
  Olsztyn
  Opole – the remaining walls are located in the north east corner of the medieval town.
  Paczków – very well preserved walls with 19 towers and 3 gates
  Pasłęk – large stretches of the walls remain intact, including two city gates
  Poznań – city walls existed until the early 19th century (fragments remain); Prussian fortifications were built in the 19th century
  Prabuty
  Przemyśl – partially preserved ruins
  Pyrzyce – until World War II best preserved city walls in Pomerania region, from the 14th century
  Sandomierz
  Słupsk
  Stargard – significant parts survived with 3 gates (including unique water gate – Brama Młyńska); one of the most interesting city walls in Poland
  Starogard Gdański
  Strzegom
  Sulechów
  Susz
  Syców
  Szczecin – to the east of the castle remains a well-preserved wall tower. Two town gates still remain.
  Szprotawa
  Szydłów – city walls with Krakowska Gate and watch towers built in the 14th century
  Środa Śląska
  Świebodzice
  Świebodzin
  Tarnów
  Tczew
  Toruń – several watch towers, three city gates and some sections (the longest and most impressive from Vistula) from the 13th to 15th centuries
  Trzcińsko-Zdrój
  Trzebiatów
  Warsaw – partially preserved, partially restored after World War II, barbican restored
  Wieluń
  Wolin – only one bastion remains to the south of the town.
  Ząbkowice Śląskie
  Zamość – complete renaissance and 19th-century walls preserved
  Złotoryja
  Żagań
  Żary
caption: City walls in Szydłów
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