Wawrzyniec Dayczak (August 27, 1882 – April 28, 1968) was a Polish architect and independence activist. Dayczak was born on August 27, 1882, in the region of

Podolia Podolia or Podilia ( uk, Поділля, Podillia, ; russian: Подолье, Podolye; ro, Podolia; pl, Podole; german: Podolien; be, Падолле, Padollie; lt, Podolė), is a historic region in Eastern Europe, located in the west-central ...

, in a village of Reniów () near the town of Załoźce (

Zaliztsi Zaliztsi ( uk, Залізці; pl, Załoźce; yi, זאַלעשיץ, Zaleshitz), previously known as Zalozhtsi ( uk, Заложці) until 1993, is an urban-type settlement in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the admini ...

) in the former Ternopil Province. He was the oldest son of a peasant named Maciej (Matthias). After graduating from the classical gymnasium in

Brody Brody ( uk, Броди; russian: Броды, Brodï; pl, Brody; german: Brody; yi, בראָד, Brod) is a city in Zolochiv Raion of Lviv Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately ...

, he studied at the Technical University of

Lviv Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine ...

Faculty of Architecture, completing his diploma in 1915. In the gymnasium, he established contact with the clandestine inter-partitional organization,

Association of the Polish Youth "Zet" The Związek Młodzieży Polskiej "Zet" ("Union or Association of the Polish Youth "Zet"", abbreviated ''ZMP'' or more commonly ''Zet'') was a clandestine organization of Polish students at universities of the three partitioning powers (Russia, Ge ...

. These activities continued in the study period from 1904 to be in the next year to highest ranks of Zet: "Koło Brackie „Zetu”" (Zet Fraternity). In 1905 he courier to

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

, participating in the preparatory work for a students' strike. Simultaneously he worked as an activist within the eastern section of inter-partitional socio-educational organization . In 1908 he founded -Poland's first period of independence partitions organization of rural youth. He was the Chief of Headquarters Teams Bartoszowych. After graduating in 1915, he was appointed to the Austrian army. He was a member of the General Headquarters of Defence Lvov, head of the Polish mobilization of Military Personnel in Lvov in 1918 In early 1919, he was seconded to Warsaw in connection with the formulation of the relief. In 1920, he was a volunteer army in Lviv. He designed and built about 100 churches. Churches his mostly rural churches. In the years 1945-1964 continued to teach in the field of architecture and construction at the State School Building in

Jarosław Jarosław (; uk, Ярослав, Yaroslav, ; yi, יאַרעסלאָוו, Yareslov; german: Jaroslau) is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 38,970 inhabitants, as of 30 June 2014. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship (since 1999), previ ...

. He died on April 28, 1968, in Jarosław and was buried at

Powązki Cemetery Powązki Cemetery (; pl, Cmentarz Powązkowski), also known as Stare Powązki ( en, Old Powązki), is a historic necropolis located in Wola district, in the western part of Warsaw, Poland. It is the most famous cemetery in the city and one of t ...

in Warsaw.

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