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On June 30th 1946, a referendum was held throughout the country. Citizens could choose between yes or no. The first question was “Whether to abolish the Senate”, the second was “the preservation of economic changes in the years 1944-1946” and the third was “the maintenance of the borders on the

The year 1517 is considered the beginning of the Reformation, when Martin Luther announced 95 theses. Initially, the Reformation thought did not find recognition in Poland. In 1520, King Sigismund the Old forbade the importation of Luther’s writings, and in 1526 he was punished with the death penalty for deviating

Key Facts • Krakow's city leadership evolved through three distinct periods: bailiffs (1257-1396), mayors (1396-1793), and presidents (1791-present) • The Great Sejm's revolutionary 1791 law granted townspeople "neminem captivabimus" – personal inviolability previously reserved for nobility • Franciszek Wielopolski, Krakow's first president, leveraged his experience as Pińczów bailiff and extensive

The Polish Autocephalous Orthodox Church was established in our country in 1929, and the autocephaly was renewed in 1948. The head of the church is the Metropolitan Archbishop of Warsaw. Krakow belongs to the Łódź-Poznań Diocese and has one parish under the invocation of Assumption of the Virgin Mary, it

Magdeburg Law is a set of laws of this city also known as Weichbild Saski. It was created as a result of the merger of the treaty on the judicial system with the Magdeburg lay law. These laws determined the organization, customs and regulations inside the city. From the end

A literary and artistic quarterly located at Gołębia 20 st in Krakow, serving the presentation of the most interesting literature phenomens of both Polish and foreign-languages. It has been published since 1995. Mariusz Czyżowski became its first editor-in-chief.

Key Facts Born in Kraków in 1820, becoming one of the city's most influential 19th-century architects Studied at three prestigious institutions: Jagiellonian University, Technical Universities in Munich and Karlsruhe, and military engineering school in Metz Worked as a road and bridge conductor in Paris before returning to Kraków Led the

Key Facts • Born in 1907 in Kraków, died in 1966 in Warsaw • Multi-talented artist: actor, director, teacher, writer, and theater director • Studied architecture at Technical University in Brno before pursuing dramatic arts • Founded a Polish school in Romania during Nazi occupation (1940-1943), teaching Polish literature •

Bloody Spring 1936 tells the story of confectionery and industrial workers who in 1936, faced with starvation wages, demanded increases and stopped extending working hours, and also demanded the reinstatement of the dismissed union members. Some of them paid for it with their lives. The workers of the cigarette factory and

Krumłowski Konstanty was an actor, journalist and author of many stage works describing the life of the suburbs of Krakow. He was born in Kołomyja in 1872 and died in 1938 in Kraków. One of his most famous works is “Królowa Przedmieścia” (Queen of the Suburbs), in which Krumłowski immortalizes