Szadzko

Szadzko, known in German as Saatzig, lies east of Stargard beside a lake of the same name. A castle of the Pomeranian dukes guarded this inland district near the Brandenburg frontier. The stronghold became a target during the struggle between the duchy and its neighbours: Brandenburg forces captured it in 1478, and Duke Bogusław X rebuilt it later in the century. Its fortifications and the surrounding villages formed part of the contested borderland of medieval Pomerania.