Chrobry Embankment

Located on an escarpment along the Oder river, it is 500 metres (546.8 yards) long and, together with the National Museum, Ducal Castle, and Cathedral Basilica of St. James the Apostle, it forms an urban and architectural plan.

It was commissioned by the city mayor, Hermann Haken, after whom it was originally named following his death.

The German inscription at the foot of the flight of steps ("Hakenterasse built 1907-1909") was plastered over.

After 1945, the towns Swinemünde (Świnoujście), Kolberg (Kołobrzeg), Stolp (Słupsk), Danzig, Elbing (Elbląg), Königsberg (Kaliningrad), and Memel (Klaipėda) were no longer German cities and were retained on the monument, with only the names polonized.

However, the Polish names are usually shorter, so parts of the no longer needed lettering were plastered over, making this substitution still noticeable today.