Sztynort: Palace Park, E-Museums and Harbour

• The palace and park complex is located on the Sztynort Peninsula, surrounded by Masurian forests and lakes.
• The palace park covers 18 hectares.
• MEMUAK comprises the eMuzeum Środowiska and the eMuzeum Żeglarstwa.
• Port Nowy Sztynort has more than 450 berths.

The peninsula setting gives the palace and park complex a clear landscape context: forests and lakes are part of its described surroundings. The 18-hectare park is a distinct part of the complex. Anyone interested in Sztynort for its cultural landscape will find both a specific park and a setting within the Masurian landscape.

The park’s history can also be traced through specific features. In the 1770s, it was considered the largest park in East Prussia; Sztynort and the palace park were also associated with oak trees. This historical context belongs to a different era from today’s travel planning, while the park’s size and location remain reliable points of reference for visiting the area.

The palace complex is considered a representative local example of the French Baroque layout type “entre cour et jardin”, meaning “between courtyard and garden”. The park of Pałac Lehndorffów w Sztynorcie also contains a neoclassical tea house and a Neo-Gothic chapel. Together, these architectural styles offer several specific points of interest for anyone interested in cultural history.

MEMUAK, with its two E-Museums, offers a different perspective. The eMuzeum Środowiska focuses primarily on the diversity of local flora and fauna and on the landscape, and offers interactive activities. At the eMuzeum Żeglarstwa, a multimedia exhibition explores the history of sailing and yacht handling. If you are planning to visit these attractions, check the current visitor arrangements.

Port Nowy Sztynort has more than 450 berths. Motorboat courses may be held on site, and diving trips may set out from Sztynort. These are different options that cannot be combined into a fixed programme. If a course or diving trip is essential to your plans, confirm current availability in advance.

A cycling route also passes through Sztynort. Along the route is the bridge between Lakes Dargin and Kirsajty, considered a special kind of “observation tower”. This allows you to consider a route through the area and a distinctive point between the two lakes together, without equating the bridge with an ordinary observation tower.

Beach volleyball adds a sporting event to the cultural and water-related attractions mentioned above: beach volleyball competitions have been held in Sztynort since 2020. This describes a tradition dating back to that year, not the programme for a specific future edition.

The wider Węgorzewski destination also offers its own cultural and historical points of interest, which are not among Sztynort’s attractions. Cmentarz nad jez. Święcajty is a cemetery for soldiers who fell in the First World War; it contains the graves of 344 German and 234 Russian soldiers. The grounds of Muzeum Kultury Ludowej also contain a small open-air museum of traditional Masurian architecture, including wooden residential buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries.

If you would like to compare other destinations, discover Stręgielek, Olszewo Węgorzewskie, Jakunówko, Harsz, Pozezdrze, Łabapa, Ołownik and Wesołowo.

Which exhibitions are part of MEMUAK?

MEMUAK comprises the eMuzeum Środowiska, which covers local flora, fauna and landscape, and the eMuzeum Żeglarstwa, with a multimedia exhibition on the history of sailing and yacht handling.

What makes the palace park in Sztynort special?

The 18-hectare park was considered the largest park in East Prussia in the 1770s. The park contains a neoclassical tea house and a Neo-Gothic chapel.

Which water-based activities are mentioned?

Motorboat courses may be held on site at Port Nowy Sztynort, and diving trips may set out from Sztynort. Confirm current availability before basing your plans on them.

What other cultural sites are in the Węgorzewski destination?

The wider Węgorzewski destination includes Cmentarz nad jez. Święcajty and the small open-air museum on the grounds of Muzeum Kultury Ludowej. Both are separate destinations outside the Sztynort attractions described here.

For the wider travel overview: Węgorzewski.