for Cieszyn townspeople and the town as a whole was, for centuries, the production and sale of alcohol, and above all – of beer and wine. In the second half of the 15th century the townspeople received (from Cieszyn princes) the exclusive right of trade for these intoxicants in Cieszyn and the neighbouring villages (within the radius of 1 mile). These rights were reserved only to the owners of the privileged, so-called residences of the wealthy. The greatest profits were made on wine sale that was brought mainly from Hungary and Moravia. In 1573, in exchange for the capital to cover the town debts, the Cieszyn authorities gave up the right to sell wine to the wine guild (i.e.110 people who bought the so-called listy winne or ‘wine-licence’). In the 18th century the most popular alcohol became so-called Roso Lisa, high-proof liqueurs made on the basis of rose fruit. In the 19th and 20th centuries Maurycy Fasal’s firm in Cieszyn produced the famous “fasalówka”.