page_title: Brzesko
section_title: Points of interest
hierarchical_section_title: Brzesko / Points of interest
caption_attribution_description: English: Brewery in Okocim (Brzesko), Poland Deutsch: Brauerei in Okocim (Brzesko), Polen Italiano: Birreria in Okocim (Brzsko), Polinia Polski: Browar w Okocimiu (Brzesko), Polska
context_page_description: Brzesko is a town in southern Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. It lies approximately 25 kilometres west of Tarnów and 50 kilometres east of the regional capital Kraków. Since Polish administrative reorganization, Brzesko has been the administrative capital of Brzesko County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Before reorganization it was part of Tarnów Voivodeship.
  As of 2008, its population was 16,828. Historically, the town was subject of various ownerships since its 1385 founding. Okocim Brewery, founded by Jan Goetz in 1845, is located in nearby Okocim.
  Brzesko lies on the Uszwica river, along the important rail route from Kraków to Przemyśl, and along the European route E40. The town has a 14th-century church of St. Jacob, and the 19th-century palace of the Goetz family. Other historic buildings were either destroyed in numerous wars, or burned in fires, such as the great fire of 1904. The name Brzesko probably comes from the word brzeg, as the town is located on the shore of a river.
context_section_description: In addition to its historical cemeteries points of cultural interest in Brzesko include the Goetz palace, built at the end of the 19th century by the Goetz family, and the adjoining English garden, a statue of Saint Florian, the city's patron originally erected in 1731 and restored after a city fire in 1904, a monument to the unknown soldier of World War I and the historic city hall (Ratusz) located in the city center.
caption: Okocim Brewery
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