The History of Stary Sącz

Gallery

Old postcards from Galician and interwar times and modern photographs. All images come from Wikimedia Commons and are used under their licences – author and licence are given with each.

today · The hillfort hill at Naszacowice above the Dunajec photo 13piotrek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
today · Grobla in Podegrodzie – site of the stronghold of the earliest castellans of Sącz photo 13piotrek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1863–1865 · Plan of the “Sądecz” hillfort at Naszacowice after Szczęsny Morawski (Sądecczyzna, 1863–1865) photo Szczęsny Morawski (1818–1898) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
2025 · The courtyard of the Poor Clares’ convent photo Scotch Mist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
today · The parish church of St Elizabeth of Hungary photo Henryk Bielamowicz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2025 · A plaque commemorating John III Sobieski on the market square photo Scotch Mist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2025 · The House on the Hollows (Dom na Dołkach) – today the Regional Museum photo Fmbar22 · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl · Wikimedia Commons
today · St Roch’s church in the old cemetery photo Gorofil · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
today · A cylindrical tower of the convent walls photo Andrzej Otrębski · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
today · The defensive walls of the Poor Clares’ convent, with a tower photo Wanda Cyculeńko · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2022 · The catacomb tomb of the Poor Clares in the old cemetery photo Henryk Bielamowicz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2025 · The market square with its cobblestones and the old pump at the well photo Scotch Mist · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
today · The building of the “Sokół” Gymnastic Society on Batorego Street photo Swohmeck · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
today · The early 20th-century synagogue on Staszica Street photo Henryk Bielamowicz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
1905 · The market square in 1905 – single-storey houses, river-cobble paving and lime trees still young photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
before 1905 · A general view of Stary Sącz on a postcard from before 1905 – a little town in the fork of the Dunajec and the Poprad photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1916 · St Elizabeth’s parish church in 1916 photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1900–1904 · A tower of the convent walls, south-eastern side, c. 1900–1904 photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1916 · A Legions shield inscribed “Stary Sącz 1916” photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1910 · The Poor Clares’ convent and the parish church tower above the valley – a postcard from 1910 photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1910 · The bridge over the Poprad in 1910 photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1902 · The “Alt Sandez” railway station in 1902 – the railway reached the town in 1876 photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
after 1905 · The courtyard of St Kinga’s convent – a postcard from the early 20th century photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1920–1922 · A general view of the town in 1920–1922 photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1916–1923 · The market square on a tinted postcard from 1916–1923 photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1918–1939 · The refectory of the Poor Clares’ convent between the wars photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1920–1922 · Sobieskiego Street in 1920–1922 photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
1916–1923 · The vicarage and Dr Szayer’s villa – the home of the mayor, father of Ada Sari photo unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
2022 · The boardwalk in the “Bobrowisko” nature enclave photo Michalgwo · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
today · St Kinga’s Bridge on the bypass – opened in 2008 photo Andrzej Harassek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
today · Stary Sącz at dawn – the silhouettes of the convent and the parish church above the mist photo Ffolas · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl · Wikimedia Commons
today · A panorama of Stary Sącz in the mist, with church towers and the Beskid Sądecki behind photo Ffolas · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl · Wikimedia Commons
today · The papal altar at which John Paul II canonised Kinga on 16 June 1999 photo John Samuel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
today · The market square paved with “cat’s heads” cobbles – after the 2006–2007 restoration photo Andrzej Harassek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2018 · The Székely Gate by the convent – a gift from 1999 photo John Samuel · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons