A team of archaeologists from the Relicta Foundation has made a sensational discovery in the forests near the settlement of Zagroda, close to Sławoborze. Researchers have identified the remains of the medieval city of Stolzenberg, which was likely founded at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries. Although it rarely appears in written sources, modern research methods have detected over 1,500 anomalies indicating the existence of former urban infrastructure, including fortifications and a hospital.

Location of the Lost City

Relics of the Stolzenberg center were deliberately found in forests near Sławoborze in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.

Thousands of Research Anomalies

The application of modern methods allowed for the detection of over 1,500 traces of former buildings, including walls and fortifications.

Mysterious Decline of the Center

The city, founded at the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, was abandoned very quickly for unknown reasons.

Archaeologists working in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship have stumbled upon traces of the lost urban center Stolzenberg. The find is located near the town of Sławoborze, deep within the forest complexes surrounding the settlement of Zagroda. According to preliminary findings by scientists from the Relicta Foundation, the city was founded in the second half of the 13th century or at the very beginning of the 14th century. Despite its formal city status, the center functioned for an extremely short time and was abandoned under circumstances that remain unexplained to this day, making it a unique object of study for historical settlement patterns. The detection of the relics was made possible by analyzing 19th-century German literature and applying modern remote sensing technologies. Researchers identified approximately 1,500 terrain anomalies corresponding to former building structures. Among them are remains of city fortifications, as well as sites identified in local tradition as Alt Stadt (Old Town) or Hospital. Interestingly, the first official mentions of Stolzenberg in written documents appear only in the 16th century, long after the city ceased to thrive. In the Middle Ages, the processes of founding cities in Western Pomerania were intense, but not every urbanization attempt ended in success; many centers failed due to changes in trade routes or armed conflicts. Currently, scientists are trying to reconstruct the exact city plan and understand the reasons for its sudden decline. The use of laser scanning has allowed for precise terrain mapping without the need for large-scale invasive excavations. This discovery sheds new light on the <przypis title=