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Contracting State since
1974.01.31
Lastly updated
2022.08.02

Contact for consular services

German Embassy
Bilateral relations and German missions
homepage: https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/aussenpolitik/laenderinformationen

National legal bases

Act of 23 July 2003 on the protection an guardianship of monuments
Attention: This version does not contain changes made after October 21, 2010.

Act on the National Archival Resource and State Archives of July 14 1983

The multilingual UNESCO Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws provides access to the relevant national legal bases. Another source of information on national cultural asset protection laws is the Sharing Electronic Resources and Laws On Crime (SHERLOC) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

This State Party to the UNESCO Convention of 14 November 1970 is also a State Party to the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegaly Exported Cultural Objects, which entered into force on 1 July 1998. The national legal bases are therefore also partially provided by the WIPO database.

Authorities responsible for issuing export permits

The permits for the permanent export of monuments abroad
Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
ul. Krakowskie Przedmiescie  15/17
00-071 Warszawa
Poland
Contact
Phone: 00 48 22 42 10 100
Fax: 00 48 22 42 10 131
The voivodeship conservators issue permits for temporary export abroad:
Voivodeship Office for Monument Protection in Wroclaw
ul. Wladyslawa Lokietka  11
50-243 Wroclaw
Contact
Phone: (00 48 71) 343-65-01, 344-38-92, 322-02-83
Fax: (00 48 71) 344-14-49
E-Mail: wosozwr@rubikon.pl
Voivodeship Office for Monument Protection in Thorn
ul. Lazienna  8
87-100 Thorn
Contact
Phone: (00 48 56) 655-47-51, 621-06-92
Fax: (00 48 56) 655-46-84
E-Mail: wo_soz_torun@poczta.onet.pl
Provincial Office for Historic Protection in Lublin
ul. Archidiakonska  4
20-113 Lublin
Contact
Phone: (00 48 81) 532-59-37, 532-26-04
Fax: (00 48 81) 532-90-35
E-Mail: info@wkz.lublin.pl
Provincial Office for Historic Protection in Zielona Góra
ul. Kopernika  1
65-063 Zielona Góra
Contact
Phone: (00 48 68) 324-73-90, 324-74-11
Fax: (00 48 68) 325-37-45
E-Mail: sekretariat.zgora@lwkz.pl
Voivodship Office for Historic Protection in Lodz
ul.Piotrkowska  99
90-425 Lodz
Contact
Phone: (00 48 42) 638-07-21, 638-07-23
Fax: (00 48 42) 638-07-36
E-Mail: wosoz_lodz@poczta.fm
Voivodship Office for Historic Protection in Krakow
ul.Kanonicza  24
31-002 Krakow
Contact
Phone: (00 48 12) 426-10-10, 426-10-11 , 426-41-00 , 426-41-01
E-Mail: krakow@wuoz.malopolska.pl
Voivodship Office for Historic Protection in Warsaw
ul. Nowy Swiat  18/20
00-373 Warszawa
Contact
Phone: (00 48 22) 443 04 00
Fax: (00 48 22) 443 04 01
E-Mail: info@mwkz.pl
Voivodship Monuments Protection Office in Opole
ul. Piastowska  14
45-082 Opole
Contact
Phone: (00 48 77) 452-44-33, 452 45 20
Fax: (00 48 77) 452-47-50
E-Mail: wuoz.opole@neostrada.pl
Voivodship Historic Protection Office in Industry
ul. Jagiellonska  29
37-700 Przemysl
Contact
Phone: (00 48 16) 678-59-44
Fax: (00 48 16) 678-61-78
E-Mail: wkzabytkow@wuozprzemysl.pl
Provincial Office for Historic Protection in Bialystok
ul.Dojlidy Fabryczne  23
15-565 Bialystok
Contact
Phone: (00 48 85) 741-23-32
Fax: (00 48 85) 732-75-62
E-Mail: sekretariat@wuoz.bialystok.pl
Voivodship Office for Historic Protection in Gdańsk
ul. Pohulanka  2
80-807 Gdansk
Contact
Phone: (00 48 58) 301-62-67
Fax: (00 48 58) 305-22-56; 58 320-20-94
E-Mail: gdansk@zabytki.mail.pl
Provincial Office for Historic Protection in Katowice
ul. Francuska  12
40-015 Katowice
Contact
Phone: (00 48 32) 253-77-98
Fax: (00 48 32) 256-48-58
E-Mail: wuoz.katowice@poczta.internetdsl.pl
Provincial Office for Historic Protection in Kielce
ul. Zamkowa  5
25-009 Kielce
Contact
Phone: (00 48 41) 344-56-34
Fax: (00 48 41) 344-27-20
E-Mail: zabkielce@onet.pl
Provincial Office for Historic Protection in Olsztyn
ul.Podwale  1
10-076 Olsztyn
Contact
Phone: (00 48 89) 521-85-30
Fax: (00 48 89) 521-85-49
E-Mail: wuoz.olsztyn@wuoz.olsztyn.pl
Provincial Office for Historic Protection in Poznań
ul. Golebia  2
61-834 Poznan
Contact
Phone: (00 48 61) 852-80-04, 852-80-03
Fax: (00 48 61) 852-80-02
E-Mail: wuoz@poznan.wuoz.gov.pl
Voivodship Office for Historic Protection in Szczecin
Waly Chrobrego  4
70-502 Szczecin
Contact
Phone: (00 48 91) 488-18-04, 433-70-82
Fax: (00 48 91) 433-70-66
E-Mail: sekretariat@wkz.szczecin.pl
With regard to library items, the director of the National Library issues permits for both permanent and temporary export abroad:
National Library
al. Niepodleglosci  213
02-086 Warszawa
Contact
With regard to archival material, the director of the State Archives issues permits for temporary export:
General Directorate of State Archives
ul. Rakowiecka  2D
02-517 Warszawa
Contact
E-Mail: ndap@archiwa.gov.pl
Some cultural institutions also issue permits for the temporary export of monuments on the basis of an administrative agreement:
Museum of Silesia in Opole in Opole
ul. sw. Wojciecha  13
45-023 Opole
Contact
The National Museum in Wroclaw
pl. Powstancow  5
50-153 Wroclaw
Contact

Further Information

Further Information is available in German language.

Disclaimer:
The above information is based on the information available and deemed trustworthy at the time indicated, in particular the information provided by the State and the information as available in the UNESCO database . No guarantee can be given for the correctness and completeness of this information, nor can any liability be accepted for any damage that may occur. Legal regulations may change at any time without the Minister of State for Culture and the Media being informed. The decision to acquire, import, export or place cultural property on the market is your sole responsibility. It is therefore recommended that you contact the relevant diplomatic or consular representation and/or the export authorities of the respective foreign country.