The publisher was Ludwik Klucki,[3] first editor was Andrzej Cinciała, who was in August replaced by Paweł Stalmach.

The first article of the first issue of Tygodnik Cieszyński began with words: The black cloud, which through the centuries overshadowed the light sky, cracked.

The sun of freedom sparkled and horrible darkness disappears.Stalmach aimed to enlighten and emancipate the people of Cieszyn Silesia and to spread national consciousness among Poles.

In 1849 Baron Alexander von Bach became the Minister of the Interior of the Austrian Empire and began to implement absolutist policies, including reducing the freedom of the press.

Tygodnik Cieszyński suffered from new Austrian policies and the last issue appeared on 15 February 1851.