CITIZENS, ASSOCIATES AND OUTSIDERS
Residents of the Royal Free Town of Podgórze 1784-1915

The right to grant honorary citizenship “in recognition of public service” was made possible with a Borough Law for the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria with the Grand Duchy of Krakow from 12 August 1866. On its basis, the Borough Council (from 1889, the Town Council) of Podgórze during the years 1867–1914 recognised 31 people who served the development of Podgórze and the whole of Galicia:

1867 – Fryderyk Zoll, professor and rector of Jagiellonian University “(...) in recognition of services for the borough of Podgórze (...)”; Aleksander Siedlecki, mayor of the town of Podgórze “(...) in recognition of good will for the borough (...)”

1870 – Edward Serscheń, parish priest of the Saint Joseph parish in Podgórze “(...) in recognition of his zeal for the good of the parishioners and practised priestly virtues (...)”

1871 – Piotr Smolarski, advisor of the County Court in Podgórze and the National High Court “(...) in recognition and respect of his way of unifying the residents of Podgórze during his four-year-long term as the supervisor of the County Court (...)”

1872 – Michał Leon Hoffmann, Podgórze town doctor “(...) on the 50th anniversary of his work as a doctor as well as recognition of his zealously completed duties as Podgórze town doctor for 40 years (...)”

1875 – Ferdynand Seeling de Saulenfels, mayor of Podgórze “(...) in recognition of his service for the good of the town and zealously completed duties as a former councillor and mayor (...)”

1879 – Leopold Płaziński, district head of Wieliczka “(...) in recognition of his services and good will for the borough of Podgórze (...)”

1882 – Paweł Nortfort Kirschner, lieutenant in the Army Engineering Command in Kraków “(...) as proof of the borough's gratitude for his good will towards the town and the rapidly-conducted matters concerning the expansion of the fortifications for Podgórze (...)”; Antoni Nowaczyński, judge of the County Court in Podgórze, leader of the Appeal Tribunal in Kraków “(...) in recognition of his zeal while conducting the duties of county judge and councillor (...)”

1883 – Feliks baron Pino-Friedenthal, Austrian minister of trade “(...) in recognition of the most courteous gratitude for introducing significant funds serving to improve trade and industry in Galicia, and in particular for the benefits that the town of Podgórze received due to the building of a train station in Podgórze, and not in Dębniki (...)”; Maciej von Pischof, General Inspector of the Austrian Railways “(...) as the deepest respect and gratitude for effective activity for the interests of the town, undertaken while constructing the route of the Oświęcim – Sucha – Podgórze railway, as well as establishing the main station in Podgórze (...)”; Karol Pleniger, head of construction for the Oświęcim – Podgórze railway line “(...) in recognition of the gratitude for effective activity when designating the location of the train station in Podgórze, instead of in Dembniki (...)”; Jan Wilhelm von Arelshöh Poschacher, director of the General Inspectorate for the Construction of Austrian State Railways “(...) in recognition of the high esteem and gratitude for effective activity for the good of Podgórze during the construction of the main station of the Oświęcim – Sucha – Podgórze railway line (...)”

1886 – Oktawian Pietruski, Deputy Marshall of the Galician Parliament, leader of the National Exhibition in Lviv “(...) in recognition of services for the country (...)”; Henryk de Nordheim Kronhelm, Treasury solicitor in Lviv “(...) due to numerous instances of good will for the borough during negotiations concerning railway matters, and during the building of the railway and expropriation of land in the borough of Podgórze, as well as helping to draw up an agreement concerning compensation for the break in communication due to the railway tracks by the lime kiln (...)”

1887 – Agnieszka Jałbrzykowska, teacher and school mistress in Podgórze “(...) in recognition of long-term services in propagating education (...)”

1888 – Emil Serkowski, mayor of Podgórze “(...) in recognition of his services for the benefit and development of Podgórze (...)”

1893 – Leon Kurykowski, district head of Wieliczka “(...) in recognition of his good will for the development and benefit of our town (...)”; Jan Kostrzewski, superintendent and head of the Police in Podgórze “(...) in recognition of his energetic activity and for the difficulties faced during the cholera epidemic (...)”; Józef Kownacki, Wieliczka county doctor “(...) in recognition of his activity to suppress the cholera epidemic, which the town of Podgórze was struck by in 1892 (...)”

1894 – Adam duke Sapieha, member of the Galicia Parliament, president of the National Exhibition in Lviv “(...) in recognition of immeasurable services for the country, and in particular for management of the National Exhibition (...)”

1895 – Kazimierz Badeni, Governor of Galicia “(...) with gratitude for his inexhaustible service and fruitful activities for the good of the nation, likewise for the real paternal care that is tirelessly given to particular boroughs in Galicia (...)”

1896 – Wojciech Bednarski, director of the Folk School, director of the Savings Fund in Podgórze “(...) in recognition of services in the beautification of the town with the establishment of a public park in Krzemionki (...)”

1899 – Edward hr. Starzeński, district leader of Podgórze “(...) in recognition of his immeasurable services around the borough (...)”

1900 – Nikodem Garbaczyński, mayor of Podgórze “(...) in recognition of his extreme service for the benefit of Podgórze (...)”

1903 – Leon Jan hr. Piniński, Governor of Galicia “(...) as gratitude for his strong support of the borough's interests (...)”

1910 – Jerzy Franciszek Maryewski, mayor of Podgórze “(...) in recognition of actual and inexhaustible services for the benefit and development of Podgórze (...)”

1912 – Stanisław Badeni, Marshall of Galicia “(...) in recognition of extraordinary service (...)”

1914 – Kazimierz Gałecki, section head in the Treasury Ministry in Vienna “(...) in recognition of extraordinary service for the good of Podgórze (...)”; Witold Mora Korytowski, Governor of Galicia “(...) in recognition of extraordinary service and fruitful activities for the good of Podgórze, the country and state, in particular due to effective implementation of electoral regulations for the parliament and changes in the national statute (...)”; Juliusz Franciszek Leo, mayor of Kraków “(...) in recognition of extraordinary service and fruitful activities during the implementation of electoral regulations for the parliament and changes in the national statute (...)”

Honorary citizenship was granted after application by the Council and at its cost. Awarding of the decorative diploma to people living in Podgórze could take place in a ceremony in the Town Hall of Podgórze, however it was usually awarded to an honorary citizen by a delegation of councillors with the mayor at its head – in June 1915 “Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny” included information about a presentation in Kraków's Town Hall to Mayor Juliusz Leo of a decorative, artistic diploma of honorary citizenship of Podgórze by a delegation led by Mayor Franciszek Maryewski.