Kolobrzeg is located centrally along the Polish Baltic coast, on the border with the Trzebiatowskie Coast and the plains of Gryficka and Bialogardzka. Located at the mouth of the Parseta River estuary on the Baltic Sea, it sits at an average altitude of 8 m above sea level.

The town lies 150 km from Szczecin, the capital of the West Pomeranian Voivodship, and 44 km from Koszalin. Covering an area of 145 km2, it is home to about 50,000 people.

Kolobrzeg is separated from the open sea by a strip of sand dunes, some of them being up to 10 m in height. Although the climate can be often harsh and windy, Kolobrzeg still manages to boast the highest sunshine record on the Polish coast.

Back in the 7th century, Kolobrzeg was 4 km from the Baltic coast and the ancient settlers of the time made their living by producing salt and trading it (the settlement was known as Salsa Cholbergiensis – Salt City).

Emperor Otto III and King Boleslaw Chrobry established a bishopric here in the year 1000, but it only lasted a few years. Nevertheless, being the seat of a bishopric in those early medieval times meant that Kolobrzeg began to surface as significant political centre. H... ( más >>)