Children gathered in the main square in Pyrzyce (Pyritz) at the end of the 19th century.

Three pre-war images from our picture archive of Pyrzyce (former: Pyritz) in the province of Zachodniopomorskie in western Poland.

An old photograph of Market Square and Stettiner strasse in Pyrzyce (Pyritz), c.1918.

Three things you might not know about Pyrzyce:
- Around 90% of Pyrzyce (Pyritz) was destroyed in the fighting between the German and Red Army in February 1945.
- The church of the Blessed Virgin Mary was badly damaged in 1945 and rebuilt in 1958.
- The current population of Pyrzyce is around 12,500.

Stettiner (Szczecin) strasee in the centre of Pyrzyce (Pyritz) just before the start of the Second World War.