Baczewski is a name of a Polish szlachta family, founders of the

J. A. Baczewski J. A. Baczewski was a Polish company best known for its fine spirits such as vodka and gin. The factory, dating back to the late 18th century, was based in Lwów (Lviv) and until 1939 was one of two most popular Polish export goods. History In ...

vodka company. The factory, dating back to late 18th century, was based in Lwów (Lviv) and until 1939 was one of two most popular Polish export goods. The family of Baczewski was of distant Valachian descent and signed itself with the

Sas coat-of-arms Sas or Szász (origin: Slavic for "Saxon", Polish: ''Sas'', Hungarian: ''Szász'', Romanian: ''Saș'', Ukrainian: ''Сас'') is a Central European coat of arms. It was borne since the medieval period by several Transylvanian-Saxon Hungaria ...

. The Baczewski family was one of the most illustrious and wealthiest families in Lwów before World War I and in the interbellum period during the Second Polish Republic. Their residence was at the Lviv market square Nr. 31, which also housed a Baczewski vodka store on the ground floor. The house was renovated in 1923. The family mausoleum sits prominently right at the entrance gate of

Lychakiv Cemetery Lychakiv Cemetery ( uk, Личаківський цвинтар, translit=Lychakivs’kyi tsvyntar; pl, Cmentarz Łyczakowski we Lwowie), officially State History and Culture Museum-Preserve "Lychakiv Cemetery" ( uk, Державний істор ...

Family members

Members of the family include: * Leopold Maksymilian Baczewski * Józef Adam Baczewski (1829-1911) * Leopold Baczewski (1859-1930) * Henryk Baczewski (1864-1930) * Stefan Baczewski

External links

* * Magdalena Moraszczyk
J.A. Baczewski - lwowska legenda
gazeta.pl, 2003-04-30 * Irina KOTŁOBUŁATOWA

2005, Instytut Lwowa {{Authority control History of Lviv Polish noble families Ruthenian noble families