Krosno

The River Wisłok passes by Krosno. Slovakia is about {{convert|35|km|mi}} south, and Ukraine is about {{convert|85|km|mi}} east of the city. It is located in the heartland of the Doły (Pits), and its average altitude is {{convert|310|m|ft}} above sea level, but some hills are located within the confines of the city.

Neighbouring municipalities are Korczyna, Krościenko Wyżne, Miejsce Piastowe, Chorkówka, Jedlicze, and Wojaszówka.

Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously it was the capital of Krosno Voivodeship (1975–1998). It is the capital of Krosno County.

Krosno covers an area of {{convert|45|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, and has seven separate town quarters and 5 housing estates. The historical centre is situated on a hill between the fork of the Lubatówka and Wisłok Rivers (tributary of the San River).

File:Krosno, market square.jpg

File:Krosno, kościół Franciszkanów (panorama).jpg Church in Krosno]]

The first mention of the town, which names Krosno as one of 34 estates in Lesser Poland granted to the Bishopric of Lubusz, appears in a document signed by High Duke of Poland Leszek II the Black in 1282. However, the oldest traces of settlement in the fork of the Wisłok and Lubatówka Rivers, found during archaeological research, date back to the 10th and 11th centuries. The area was inhabited by the old Polish tribe of Lendians.

Today it is difficult to clearly determine the etymology of the place-name of Krosno. Scholars give several versions explaining the origin of the name. Some researchers thought that the name is connected with "weaving loom" (in Polish: krosno), while others traced it back to "pustules", "pimples" or "being pimply" (in Polish: krosta, krostowatość), which apparently reflected the bumpy shape of the area where the first settlement was founded. Finally an opinion was adopted that the original Polish name disappeared and the existing name is the result of a transformation of the German (see: Walddeutsche) name "Krossen".

The date of the first foundation charter of the town is not known though we may presume that the oldest preserved royal document of Casimir the Great, dating from 1367, regarding the sale of the Krosno aldermanship, was modelled on an earlier foundation act. Hence it should be assumed that about the middle of the 14th century, King Casimir transformed Krosno from a settlement into a town chartered according to the Magdeburg rights and brought in numerous groups of German settlers.

Krosno, a royal town from its origin, used the coat of arms of the Kuyavian branch of the Piast dynasty (half an eagle and half a lion with a crown over their heads) and, owing to the king's foundation, was surrounded with a defensive wall as early as the 14th century. During the reign of Casimir III the Great the construction of stone fortifications was begun to encircle the hill. But it was only under King Władysław II Jagiełło that the full-length stone and partly earth town fortifications were completed. Two gates led into the town: the Hungarian one from the south-east and the Kraków one from the north-west. The well-fortified and secure town provided perfect conditions for the development of craft and trade. The statutes of the butchers guild were known as early as 1403 and in the middle of the 15th century the guilds of bakers, shoemakers, tailors, blacksmiths as well as clothiers and fullers were constituted. Krosno became an important production centre of cloths and fustians.

The medieval town had waterworks and a sewage system, which is evidence of its importance and the wealth of its inhabitants. The privilege granted by King Casimir IV Jagiellon in 1461 shows that Krosno, next to Kraków and Lwów, was the third town in the Kingdom of Poland with such facilities. The archaeological research conducted recently, based on the dendrochronological method, enabled scholars to move the date of the system's installation back to the middle of the 14th century. The pipe-line master dealt with repairs and maintenance of the whole water-supply and sewage systems. From the research conducted by the Krosno archaeologists it appears that the system was used until the beginning of the 19th century.

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The 15th century meant the beginning of commerce development for Krosno. Apart from local trade during weekly Monday fairs the town participated in a large-scale import-export and transit commerce. The main trade routes led to the Red Ruthenia, Hungary and the countries of southern Europe. The largest transactions were made during yearly fairs held three times a year. The trade was mainly in local cloths and baizes, horses, cattle, copperware and imported commodities made of copper and iron, and obviously, in Hungarian wine, on which several Krosno merchant families made fortunes. The first Jews to settle in Krosno were the brothers Nechemia and Lazar of Regensburg who received special permits from the Polish King, Władysław II Jagiełło in the 15th century.

In spite of natural disasters (flood in 1497, the fire of a suburb in 1474 and of the town in 1500), Thomas Tarczay's troops raids (1473 and 1474), pestilence, which nearly depopulated the town, the 16th century was the most favourable for the development of Krosno. The town had its own bleachery, fullery, brickyard, flour mill, municipal baths, it enjoyed the royal privilege for limestone excavation, it had the customs chamber and the right of storage of commodities. High standards of living in Krosno, called at that time parva Cracovia, resulted partially from the activity of the local parish school. In the years 1400–1600 173 natives of Krosno studied in the Kraków Academy, which is evidenced by the entries in Album studiosorum.

Krosno of the 16th century was renowned not only for the wealth of its inhabitants, thrift and wide commercial contacts. It was also one of the most populous towns in the province of Lesser Poland: the population is estimated at 4 thousand. The view of Krosno was included in the work of J. Braun and F. Hoghenberg entitled ‘The Towns of the World’, published in Cologne in 1617 or in Andreas Cellarius's work entitled ‘Regin Poloniae Magnique Ducatus Lithuaniae omniumque regionum subiectorum novissima descriptio’, published in Amsterdam in 1659.

File:Krosno, dzwonnica 1.JPG

At the beginning of the 17th century there were about 11 collective guilds in which craftsmen representing 79 production and service trades were associated. Apart from traditional specialities connected with basic functions of the town there were also goldsmiths, painters, comb-makers, armourers, pavers, leather-dressers, violin makers and soapboilers. But it was commerce that provided the town with most revenues, both from goods exchange and from services for visiting merchants. Local clerks, scribes, innkeepers, brewers, and even townspeople providing accommodation and letting shops and cellars earned a lot. Higher donations were given to the clergy for church expenses. At that time many Hungarian merchants settled in Krosno, mainly those trading in wine. Scots, who specialised in large-scale commerce, also came to stay and the most outstanding person among them was Robert Porteous, a wine trader from Langside, Dalkeith, who used his wealth to become a benefactor of institutions within the city.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pwsz.krosno.pl/gfx/pwszkrosno/pl/defaultaktualnosci/16/1872/1/wystawa_portiusa.pdf|title=Robert Porteous de Lanxeth|access-date=2019-04-15}} There were also Armenians and Ruthenians from Lwów, but the most numerous group of traders were Jews, although Krosno had a privilege ‘de non tolerandis Judeis’, barring Jews from residing and trading within the city walls. Jewish traders living in nearby townships of Korczyna, Rymanów or Dukla were frequently jailed and their wares confiscated for attempting to enter Krosno.

The middle of the 17th century witnessed the beginning of a gradual loss of the earlier position of the town. Natural disasters, raids of the Swedish, Transylvanian, and Tartar troops, pestilences and war requisitions brought Krosno to a desperate state at the end of 17th century.

In the time of the partitions of Poland and under the Austrian rule, once rich and important, the town experienced a period of severe impoverishment. It became one of many small towns of Galicia. Weaving was the only handicraft which enjoyed prosperity at that time. Large-scale flax and hemp plantations provided work for many weaving shops near Krosno. Korczyna and Kombornia were the strongest centres of this industry but there were thousands of home weaving shops in the vicinity of Krosno.

File:Monument of Ignacy Łukasiewicz - panoramio.jpg, pioneer of the global oil industry]]

It was not until the middle of the 19th century, the period of the Galician autonomy from 1867 to the outbreak of the World War I, that Krosno started to rise from the decline. The birth of Polish oil industry undoubtedly contributed to the notable and rapid increase of importance of the town. The first oil company started by Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Tytus Trzecielski and Karol Klobassa in 1856 and the refinery they erected in Chorkówka caused gradual inflow of foreign capital. As a results of the new administrative division the Krosno district (powiat) was established and in 1867 Krosno became the seat of the offices of the district authorities (starostwo). At the turn of the 20th century many societies, schools and institutions were established in the town: Loan Society, Nationwide Weaving School, Teacher Training School, Real Secondary School, "Zgoda" (Accord) Townspeople's Society, "Sokół" (Falcon) Gymnastic Society, Bleach and Finish Plant, an oil refinery, the First Domestic Factory of Tower Clocks. This state of relative progress lasted until the outbreak of World War I.

During the war Krosno suffered serious damages. The inhabitants of the town, bombed and looted several times, suffered both from the Austrian and the Russian troops. After the war, in 1918, Poland regained independence and control of the town. In interwar Poland, Krosno was a county seat administratively located in the Lwów Voivodeship, and the town evolved gradually into an important industrial centre: a licence was issued to establish a flax straw breaking plant and a linen weaving plant, in the 1920s Polish Glass Factory, Joint-Stock Company was set up, in 1928 the construction of the airfield was begun and the aviation school was moved to Krosno from Bydgoszcz, in the 1930s the hangars were erected.

Widok ogolny Krosna od strony wschodniej 1846 (79713461) (cropped).jpg|Krosno, 1846

Krosno. Widok od strony Wisloka. ante 1934 (69702637) (cropped).jpg|View from river Wisłok, before 1934

Krosno. Rynek 1939 (69702992) (cropped).jpg|Market square, 1939

Krosno, kosciol farny 1939 (67738347) (cropped).jpg|Holy Trinity church, 1939

During the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II, on 4 September 1939, the Poles evacuated the local aviation school in three groups to Łuck in then-eastern Poland.{{cite web|url=https://krosno24.pl/informacje/ofiary-katynia-lista-nazwisk-zabitych-krosnian-i1713|title=Ofiary Katynia: lista nazwisk zabitych krośnian|website=Krosno24.pl|date=18 September 2012 |access-date=28 March 2021|language=pl}} After the Soviet invasion of Poland from the east, two groups were captured by the Soviets, while one managed to escape through the Polish-Romanian border.

File:Krosno, lotnisko pomnik 01.jpg

Krosno was under German occupation from 8 September 1939 to 11 September 1944. On 25 September 1939, the German Einsatzgruppe I entered the town to commit various atrocities against the populace.{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=IPN|pages=58–59}} As a result of the genocidal policy of Nazi Germany, which goal was also the biological extermination of Polish children, about 80% of Polish children in the area suffered from anemia.{{cite book|last=Kostkiewicz|first=Janina|editor-last=Kostkiewicz|editor-first=Janina|year=2020|title=Zbrodnia bez kary... Eksterminacja i cierpienie polskich dzieci pod okupacją niemiecką (1939–1945)|language=pl|location=Kraków|publisher=Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Biblioteka Jagiellońska|page=54|chapter=Niemiecka polityka eksterminacji i germanizacji polskich dzieci w czasie II wojny światowej}} 100 Poles who were either born, lived or studied in Krosno were murdered by the Russians in April–May 1940 in the large Katyn massacre. Among the victims were many local policemen. 24 students of the local aviation school were murdered in Katyn and Kharkiv. From 1942 to 1944, the Germans operated a forced labour camp for Jews in the town.{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=2358|title=Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Krossen|website=Bundesarchiv.de|access-date=28 March 2021|language=de}}

The war interrupted the prosperous development of Krosno. The machinery and equipment of the glass factory, the refinery and the flax processing plant were stolen or devastated. The Krosno industry was completely ruined.

In September 1944, almost immediately after liberation, the reconstruction of the industry, destroyed during World War II, began. The glass factory and the flax plant were put into operation. Later on research in geology and oil drilling began, "Polmo" Shock Absorbers Factory and Transport and Aircraft Equipment Factory (WSK) were set up. Oil industry was and still is of importance for the town. Oil Industry Engineering Institute, "Naftomet" Oil Drilling Equipment Factory, Oil Drilling Establishment and "Naftomontaż" enterprise ( assembling oil drilling equipment on oil fields) are organizations which continue the oil industry traditions of the region.

Krosno has an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb) using the {{convert|-3|C|F|0}} isotherm or a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfb) using the {{convert|0|C|F|0}} isotherm.{{cite journal|last1=Kottek|first1=Markus|last2=Grieser|first2=Jürgen|last3=Beck|first3=Christoph|last4=Rudolf|first4=Bruno |last5=Rubel|first5=Franz|title=World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated|journal=Meteorologische Zeitschrift|date=2006|volume=15|issue=3|pages=259–263|doi=10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130|bibcode=2006MetZe..15..259K|url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/files/40083/metz_Vol_15_No_3_p259-263_World_Map_of_the_Koppen_Geiger_climate_classification_updated_55034.pdf}}{{cite journal |author1=Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. |name-list-style=amp |year=2007 |title=Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification |journal=Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. |volume=11 |issue=5 |pages=1633–1644 |doi=10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 |issn=1027-5606|url=https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.pdf |doi-access=free |bibcode=2007HESS...11.1633P }} Krosno has warm summers and cold winters.

{{Weather box

| location = Krosno (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1951–present)

| metric first = y

| single line = y

| Jan record high C = 13.5

| Feb record high C = 16.4

| Mar record high C = 23.0

| Apr record high C = 28.1

| May record high C = 30.5

| Jun record high C = 33.2

| Jul record high C = 35.5

| Aug record high C = 34.3

| Sep record high C = 34.5

| Oct record high C = 25.5

| Nov record high C = 23.5

| Dec record high C = 14.9

| year record high C = 34.5

| Jan high C = 0.2

| Feb high C = 2.1

| Mar high C = 7.3

| Apr high C = 14.3

| May high C = 19.0

| Jun high C = 22.2

| Jul high C = 24.1

| Aug high C = 24.0

| Sep high C = 18.6

| Oct high C = 13.0

| Nov high C = 7.1

| Dec high C = 1.4

| year high C = 12.8

| Jan mean C = -2.2

| Feb mean C = -0.9

| Mar mean C = 3.1

| Apr mean C = 9.0

| May mean C = 13.6

| Jun mean C = 17.0

| Jul mean C = 18.7

| Aug mean C = 18.5

| Sep mean C = 13.7

| Oct mean C = 9.0

| Nov mean C = 4.2

| Dec mean C = -0.9

| year mean C = 8.6

| Jan low C = -4.6

| Feb low C = -3.6

| Mar low C = -0.4

| Apr low C = 4.2

| May low C = 8.7

| Jun low C = 12.2

| Jul low C = 13.8

| Aug low C = 13.5

| Sep low C = 9.5

| Oct low C = 5.8

| Nov low C = 1.7

| Dec low C = -3.1

| year low C = 4.8

| Jan record low C = -29.9

| Feb record low C = -36.9

| Mar record low C = -29.9

| Apr record low C = -9.8

| May record low C = -4.2

| Jun record low C = -2.2

| Jul record low C = 3.0

| Aug record low C = 0.8

| Sep record low C = -4.7

| Oct record low C = -8.0

| Nov record low C = -18.1

| Dec record low C = -29.4

| year record low C = -36.9

| precipitation colour = green

| Jan precipitation mm = 37.7

| Feb precipitation mm = 38.6

| Mar precipitation mm = 38.3

| Apr precipitation mm = 53.0

| May precipitation mm = 95.2

| Jun precipitation mm = 92.5

| Jul precipitation mm = 105.6

| Aug precipitation mm = 75.0

| Sep precipitation mm = 76.6

| Oct precipitation mm = 61.9

| Nov precipitation mm = 43.9

| Dec precipitation mm = 39.6

| year precipitation mm = 757.9

| Jan snow depth cm = 9.7

| Feb snow depth cm = 11.9

| Mar snow depth cm = 6.9

| Apr snow depth cm = 1.8

| May snow depth cm = 0.0

| Jun snow depth cm = 0.0

| Jul snow depth cm = 0.0

| Aug snow depth cm = 0.0

| Sep snow depth cm = 0.0

| Oct snow depth cm = 0.7

| Nov snow depth cm = 4.1

| Dec snow depth cm = 6.7

| year snow depth cm =

| unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm

| Jan precipitation days = 17.17

| Feb precipitation days = 15.61

| Mar precipitation days = 14.67

| Apr precipitation days = 13.73

| May precipitation days = 15.43

| Jun precipitation days = 14.57

| Jul precipitation days = 15.73

| Aug precipitation days = 12.07

| Sep precipitation days = 12.93

| Oct precipitation days = 14.33

| Nov precipitation days = 14.47

| Dec precipitation days = 17.30

| year precipitation days = 178.01

| unit snow days = 0 cm

| Jan snow days = 20.6

| Feb snow days = 19.4

| Mar snow days = 8.9

| Apr snow days = 1.1

| May snow days = 0.0

| Jun snow days = 0.0

| Jul snow days = 0.0

| Aug snow days = 0.0

| Sep snow days = 0.0

| Oct snow days = 0.5

| Nov snow days = 5.3

| Dec snow days = 17.0

| year snow days = 72.8

| Jan humidity = 85.7

| Feb humidity = 82.6

| Mar humidity = 75.6

| Apr humidity = 69.5

| May humidity = 74.2

| Jun humidity = 75.8

| Jul humidity = 76.0

| Aug humidity = 75.6

| Sep humidity = 80.2

| Oct humidity = 82.2

| Nov humidity = 84.6

| Dec humidity = 86.7

| year humidity = 79.1

| Jan sun = 62.6

| Feb sun = 72.1

| Mar sun = 125.2

| Apr sun = 181.6

| May sun = 224.6

| Jun sun = 229.2

| Jul sun = 246.1

| Aug sun = 243.1

| Sep sun = 164.0

| Oct sun = 120.0

| Nov sun = 69.1

| Dec sun = 51.4

| year sun = 1788.

| source 1 = Institute of Meteorology and Water Management

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File:Church of the Capucine Friars in Krosno (by Pudelek).JPG

Due to a continuously rising number of travelers from Poland and abroad, the town authorities, in 2016, launched a website for tourists (available in English): [http://visitkrosno.pl/en visitkrosno]

Some of Krosno highlights are:

• The Old Town with the Town Square, the Portius Tower and multiple historic townhouses{{cite web|url=http://visitkrosno.pl/en/miejsca/the_town_square|title=VisitKrosno - Miasto Szkła - Zaplanuj z nami swoją podróż do Krosna.|website=visitkrosno.pl|access-date=11 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202034325/http://visitkrosno.pl/en/miejsca/the_town_square|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
• Holy Trinity church
• Franciscan church
• Glass Heritage Centre{{cite web|url=http://visitkrosno.pl/en/miejsca/glass_heritage_centre|title=VisitKrosno - Miasto Szkła - Zaplanuj z nami swoją podróż do Krosna.|website=visitkrosno.pl|access-date=11 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020234949/http://visitkrosno.pl/en/miejsca/glass_heritage_centre|archive-date=20 October 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}
• Subcarpathian Museum[http://www.muzeum.krosno.pl/en Subcarpathian Museum]
• The Museum of Crafts{{cite web|url=http://en.muzeumrzemiosla.pl/index.php|title=The Museum of Crafts in Krosno|first=Piotr|last=Paradysz|website=en.muzeumrzemiosla.pl|access-date=11 April 2018}}

In the nearest neighbourhood:

• the Kamieniec Castle in Odrzykoń
• Assumption of Holy Mary Church, Haczów
• health resort and spa Iwonicz-Zdrój
• Petroleum Industry Museum in Bóbrka, Krosno County{{cite web|url=http://bobrka.pl/en|title=Muzeum Przemysłu Naftowego i Gazowniczego im. Ignacego Łukasiewicza w Bóbrce|website=bobrka.pl|access-date=11 April 2018}}
• Maria Konopnicka Museum in Żarnowiec

File:Mikołaj Kopernik, Krosno.jpg in front of the Nicolaus Copernicus High School]]

• Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Zawodowa in Krosno
• Wyzsza Szkoła Informatyki i Zarzadzania in Rzeszów, branch in Krosno
• I Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Mikołaja Kopernika in Krosno, in 2000 best of the region,

The Krosno constituency includes several other smaller cities.

Several cultural and sporting events on local, national and international scale are held in the town. Culture is celebrated by the Krosno Days of Music, the theatrical Encounters, the Musical Spring, the Krosno Fairs, the Galicia Festival, reviews of children theatres, hiker's songs and poetry singing festivals, the "Kontakt" Euro-Regional Fair, the "Soli Deo Gloria" Euro-Regional Concerts of Christmas Carols. Every two years Krosno hosts the National Biennial of Photography "Krosno - Town and People", International Biennial of Artistic Linen Tapestry "Z Krosna do Krosna", Biennial of Krosno Plastic Arts. Fans of sports throng to international volleyball and basketball tournaments organized annually, the International Mountain Ballooning Contest, the National Tournament of Ballroom Dancing for the Podkarpacie Cup. The band Decapitated hails from Krosno.

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• Karpaty Krosno - a football team.
• Wilki Krosno - speedway team
• UKS Krosno - cycle speedway

Krosno is located in an oil bearing region. Surface seepage of oil was locally used (unrefined) in lamps as early as the 16th century. In the 19th century Ignacy Łukasiewicz a local pharmacist began exploiting the deposits from hand-dug wells, years before the drilling at Titusville, Pennsylvania which is usually said to be the beginning of modern petroleum development.

One of the things that Krosno is well known for is the quality glassware and crystal that is produced in the town, and distributed throughout the world. The history of the company Krosno Glass S.A. (former Krosno Glassworks) dates back to 1923. The company employs nearly 2,200 people and is the largest employer in the region.[https://www.gowork.pl/poradnik/25/kariera/praca-krosno-gdzie-szukac-pracy-w-krosnie/ Krosno - rynek pracy, GoWork.pl.] A long tradition in glass production and the influence of the glass industry on the local economy have made Krosno known as the "City of Glass".

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• Stanisław Bergman (1862–1930), Polish painter
• Seweryn Bieszczad (1852–1923), Polish painter
• Kacper Bieszczad (born 2002), footballer
• Decapitated, Polish Death Metal band established in 1996
• Władysław Gomułka (1905–1982), communist leader of Poland
• Fabius Gross (1906–1950), Austrian marine zoologist
• Magdalena Jurczyk (born 1995), volleyball player
• Antoni Kozubal (born 2004), footballer
• Andrzej Pikul (born 1954), Polish pianist
• Paweł Przytocki (born 1958), Polish conductor of classical music
• Kamil Radulj (born 1988), football player
• Jerzy Werner (1909–1977), Polish car designer
• Karolina Zmarlak (born 1982), Polish-American fashion designer

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{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland}}

Krosno is twinned with:{{cite web|url=http://www.krosno.pl/?node=30|title=Krosno Official Website - Partner Cities|publisher=File:Flag of Poland.svg{{fontcolor|Green|(in}} Polish language) © 1998 - 2001 Urząd Miasta Krosna|access-date=2008-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913205613/http://www.krosno.pl/?node=30|archive-date=2007-09-13|url-status=dead}}

File:Krosno_fara_foto_hepnar.jpg|Fara Church

File:Pałac Polanka.jpg|Polanka Palace

File:Krosno rynek 2008.jpg|Square Krosno "Parva Cracovia"

File:Krosno%2C_kościół_św._Trójcy_dzwonnica_01.jpg|Bell tower of the parish church in Krosno, inside bells Urban and John and Marian

File:ORBIS_KROSNO_FOTO_HEPNAR.JPG|Orbis Travel agency

File:LO_KOPERNIK_FOTO_HEPNAR.JPG|Copernicus, high school educators

File:Krosno,_huta.jpg|Krosno Glassworks

File:Krosno,_lotnisko_Puchacz.jpg|Polish glider SZD-50-3 at the airport in Krosno

File:Sp83DSC_0078.JPG|Search for museum in Krosno

File:Krosno,_Grodzka,_dům.jpg|office of the city in Krosno

File:Gmach sądu w Krośnie A-239 z 07.06.1991.jpg|The district court building in Krosno

File:RYNEK KROSNO FOTO HEPNAR.JPG|Krosno Square at night

File:Krosno,_BWA_Kolejowa_1.jpg|Building Culture in Krosno

File:Zalaegerszeg testvérvárosait jelző tábla.jpg|Twin towns - Zalaegerszeg

• Oświęcim Chapel

{{Commons|Krosno}}

{{Wikivoyage|Krosno}}

• https://www.visitkrosno.pl/en (English)
• http://www.krosno.pl/en/ (English, Polish, German)
• http://www.krosnocity.pl/ (Polish)
• http://www.krosno24.pl/ (Polish)

• Krosno – studia z dziejów miasta i regionu, T. I, red. Garbarcik J., Kraków 1972
• Krosno – studia z dziejów miasta i regionu, T. II, red. Garbarcik J., Kraków 1973
• Krosno – studia z dziejów miasta i regionu, T. III, red. Cynarski St., Kraków 1995
• Orłowicz M.: Ilustrowany przewodnik po Galicyi, Bukowinie, Spiszu, Orawie i Śląsku Cieszyńskim. Książnica Polska. Lwów 1919, Reprint: Ruthenus Rafał Barski. Krosno 2002
• Wojnar T., Kyc A.: Tradycja i współczesność. Monografia Krośnieńskich Hut Szkła "Krosno" SA 1923-1998, KHS "Krosno" SA. Krosno 1998

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