Legal notice and licences

Publisher

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Texts

The texts on this site are original works based on the sources listed in the bibliography and at the end of each chapter. Historical facts are not protected by copyright, but the way they are told is. Short quotations with the source credited and a link to Bryjow.pl are welcome; please ask for permission before reproducing longer passages.

We make every effort to ensure that the information is reliable, and we flag any doubts openly. The site is, however, no substitute for academic publications – where certainty matters, please consult the sources.

Coat of arms of Stary Sącz

The town’s coat of arms, established by Resolution No. XX/304/2016 of the Town Council of Stary Sącz, is an official symbol and, under Article 4(2) of the Polish Act on Copyright and Related Rights, is not protected by copyright. We use it for informational purposes, in the graphic version from Wikimedia Commons. This site is not an official website of the town or commune of Stary Sącz.

Photographs

All photographs come from Wikimedia Commons and are used in accordance with their licences:

public domain – old postcards and engravings whose copyright has expired;
CC BY-SA (2.0, 3.0, 3.0 PL, 4.0) and CC BY – contemporary photographs; these require attribution of the author and the licence, which we provide with each photograph;
CC0 – photographs dedicated to the public domain.

A full list of illustrations with their authors and licences is given below. If you are the author of a photograph and notice an error in its caption, let us know.

Maps

Fonts

Cormorant Garamond and Lora – SIL Open Font License 1.1.

Licence – gallery

Coat of arms of Stary Sącz – official symbol (public domain) – Wikimedia Commons
A general view of Stary Sącz on a postcard from before 1905 – a little town in the fork of the Dunajec and the Poprad – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The market square in 1905 – single-storey houses, river-cobble paving and lime trees still young – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The Poor Clares’ convent and the parish church tower above the valley – a postcard from 1910 – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The bridge over the Poprad in 1910 – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The “Alt Sandez” railway station in 1902 – the railway reached the town in 1876 – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St Elizabeth’s parish church in 1916 – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The market square on a tinted postcard from 1916–1923 – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
A tower of the convent walls, south-eastern side, c. 1900–1904 – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The refectory of the Poor Clares’ convent between the wars – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Sobieskiego Street in 1920–1922 – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The vicarage and Dr Szayer’s villa – the home of the mayor, father of Ada Sari – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
A Legions shield inscribed “Stary Sącz 1916” – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The courtyard of St Kinga’s convent – a postcard from the early 20th century – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
A general view of the town in 1920–1922 – unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Plan of the “Sądecz” hillfort at Naszacowice after Szczęsny Morawski (Sądecczyzna, 1863–1865) – Szczęsny Morawski (1818–1898), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
The hillfort hill at Naszacowice above the Dunajec – 13piotrek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Grobla in Podegrodzie – site of the stronghold of the earliest castellans of Sącz – 13piotrek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
The Székely Gate by the convent – a gift from 1999 – John Samuel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The early 20th-century synagogue on Staszica Street – Henryk Bielamowicz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The papal altar at which John Paul II canonised Kinga on 16 June 1999 – John Samuel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The parish church of St Elizabeth of Hungary – Henryk Bielamowicz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The defensive walls of the Poor Clares’ convent, with a tower – Wanda Cyculeńko, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
A cylindrical tower of the convent walls – Andrzej Otrębski, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The building of the “Sokół” Gymnastic Society on Batorego Street – Swohmeck, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St Roch’s church in the old cemetery – Gorofil, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The House on the Hollows (Dom na Dołkach) – today the Regional Museum – Fmbar22, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, Wikimedia Commons
The market square with its cobblestones and the old pump at the well – Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The boardwalk in the “Bobrowisko” nature enclave – Michalgwo, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
St Kinga’s Bridge on the bypass – opened in 2008 – Andrzej Harassek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Stary Sącz at dawn – the silhouettes of the convent and the parish church above the mist – Ffolas, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, Wikimedia Commons
A panorama of Stary Sącz in the mist, with church towers and the Beskid Sądecki behind – Ffolas, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, Wikimedia Commons
The courtyard of the Poor Clares’ convent – Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The catacomb tomb of the Poor Clares in the old cemetery – Henryk Bielamowicz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
The market square paved with “cat’s heads” cobbles – after the 2006–2007 restoration – Andrzej Harassek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
A plaque commemorating John III Sobieski on the market square – Scotch Mist, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons