Printer, bookseller and publisher. He was also a cantor in a progressive synagogue. One of the initiators of the organization of the Jewish Theater in Krakow. He ran a Hebrew printing house at 62 Grodzka Street, which was later taken over by his son Maurycy and transformed it into a
Teacher, writer and translator. Maria was the daughter of Karol, and the sister of Tadeusz and Stanisław. Born and died in Krakow. She studied at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University, was one of the first women to obtain a doctorate in philosophy and was the first doctor
Liszt Franciszek was a Hungarian musician, composer and pianist. He created many musical masterpieces, wrote symphonic poems, oratorios, songs and piano pieces. He was also the author of treatises on music, he wrote the first book about Fryderyk Chopin. In 1843 he came to Krakow and stayed at the Hotel
On the night of February 20-21, 1846, an uprising against the partitioners broke out in Krakow. It lasted 9 days and fell as a result of a military action taken by Austrian and Russian invaders. The uprising, prepared for several years by the Poznań Centralization of the Polish Democratic Society,
About Krakow, Krakowians there are many different proverbs, proverbial expressions, the so-called adjectives which Samuel Adalberg carefully noted in his “Book of Polish Proverbs” from 1894. Some of them are presented below: Even if you go to Krakow and the poverty is the same there Civitas Cracovia: buy yourself as
St. Joseph Church is located on 2 Zamoyskiego Street in the heart of the Podgórze Market Square in Krakow. The construction of the church began in 1905 and took 4 years, it was built in the place of an earlier, smaller church that was pulled down. St. Joseph Church is
Korpal Tadeusz was a painter and teacher. He was the son of Michał Stefan and younger brother of Aleksander, and he was born in 1889. In his youth he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and at the same time taught drawing at the II Realna School.
Kossak-Szczucka Szatkowska Zofia was an award-winning writer and publicist, born in 1890. She was the daughter of Tadeusz Kossak and the niece of Wojciech. She attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, and later in Geneva. For some time she worked as a teacher in Warsaw. She was associated
An irregular periodical, appearing more or less every two months – it was created in June 1992 in Krakow. Established by a group of friends from the Salwator Gontyna Street. He quickly gained collaborators in other Polish cities. It is a completely atypical historical – manners – cultural – social
Sports magazine bimonthly published since December 1988 in Krakow. Published by Przedsiębiorstwo Wielobranżowe Turystyczno-Wydawnicze “Narty”. The main subject of the publications posted here in the winter season is skiing and everything related to it: mountains, shelters. In the summer season, tennis, sails and more. Janusz Zielonacki was the first editor-in-chief