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2 unusual facts about Okocim Brewery


Bucze, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

It was built in 1929 from the residents of Bucze, which provides financial support for John Albin Goetz (the owner of Brewery Okocimski, but also enlightened social worker).

Jan Albin Goetz

Jan Albin Goetz (Jan Goetz-Okocimski) (born July 18, 1864 in Okocim, Poland, died April 24, 1931 in Okocim) was a Polish brewer of German ancestry, head of Okocim Brewery, a philanthropist and patron of the arts, a "Freiherr" (baron) of the Hapsburg Empire, a conservative politician, activist and a member of the Austrian parliament and Polish sejm.


Johann Evangelist Götz

Johann Evangelist Götz (Polish: Jan Ewangelista Goetz; born November 16, 1815, Langenenslingen in the County of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, died March 14, 1893, in Brzesko, Poland) was a German-Polish brewer, the founder of the Okocim Brewery and father of Jan Albin Goetz (also known as Jan Albin Goetz-Okocimiski) and the grandfather of Antoni Jan Goetz (Antoni Jan Goetz-Okocimiski).


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