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Key Facts • Born in 1841 in Kunice, died in 1914 in Krakow • Served as headmaster of the first primary school in Podgórze from 1869-1894 • Mayor of Podgórze during the late 19th century when it was an independent city • Transformed an old quarry into a beautiful public

Key Facts • Born in 1908 in St. Petersburg, Russia, during the final years of the Russian Empire • Chief architect and general designer of Nowa Huta district from 1949 to 1960 • Graduated in architecture from Warsaw University of Technology and served as academic assistant • Pioneer in post-war

Now Przegorzały is part of Krakow; however, over the centuries, they were separated village. The first mentions in chronicles and documents come from 1162. Here, in Przegorzały, the second-highest range of Las Wolski hills is located. The first one is Pustelnik towering over the city on the high of 352

Key Facts • Born as Aleksander Głowacki in 1847 in Hrubieszów, died in 1912 in Warsaw • Most famous work: "The Doll" (Lalka), considered one of the greatest Polish novels • Participated in the January Uprising of 1863 as a teenager • Educational background: Mathematics graduate from Warsaw University •

First independent Eastern Orthodox Church in Poland had been created in 1929, currently is headed by Warsaw Metropolitan Archbishop. Krakow belongs to Lodz-Poznan diocese and owns one parish of Assumption of Mary. Was established in 1918, when the Eastern Orthodox Church was connected with the Russian Temple. Orthodox guardians stood

Over centuries Krakow suffered from multiple fires. Citizens saw a burning castle, building, townhouses, palaces and churches or synagogues. Below you can find the list of more significant fires that haunted Krakow: 1025 – Cathedral on Wawel Hill is burning, Boleslaw Chrobry, King of Poland built this temple. 1125 –

Key Facts Born in 1680, died in 1726 – prominent figure of the late Baroque period in Krakow Dual career as both an outstanding architect and mayor of Krakow Master of late Baroque architecture – specialized in religious buildings and urban design Major works include the Missionaries church at Stradom,

Key Facts Born in 1919 in Krakow into a Jewish family with strong Zionist connections Son of Szymon Bauminger, a prominent leader of the Zionist-orthodox party Mizrach Active member of Jewish youth organizations: Haszomer Hadati and later Haszomer Hacair Polish Army veteran who fought in the September Campaign of 1939

Natural disaster ravages the world from its beginning, so it did not omit the Krakow. It suffered from floods till the first years of formation. We should not be surprised – the river flowing by the central part of the city is the biggest in Poland. City of Kings survived

It was organized by students of Jagiellonian University at the beginning of November 1918. It was a volunteer military unit which purpose was to protect life, health and property of citizens of Krakow. As Dr Stanisław Mayer was writing in his column in “Gazeta Krakowska”(Krakow Newspaper) “the city was vulnerable