From the south towards the sea two brothers were wandering: Byd and Gost. They were passing by meadows, lakes, forests, hills, valleys and swamps ... The journey seemed to have no end. Byd was looking for dense woods that could provide construction materials for a settlement. Gost on the other hand kept his eyes open for a river rich in fish and large enough to protect a castle from the invasion of enemies.
After many days when the River Brda appeared in front of their eyes, the brothers decided to end their journey. The forests here were extremely robust, and lakes were scattered among numerous meadows. Additionally, the land was crossed by a junction of routes linking the north with the south and east with the west. The place was convenient, so they established a settlement here and called it after their names - Bydgost.

The coat of arms of Bydgoszcz depicts a city gate with three towers, a raised portcullis and half-opened gate. In ancient times, however, the gates were closed and strictly guarded. People who came to the gates of Bydgoszcz and did not get a hospitable welcome, turned around and headed to nearby Toruń. That was the reason merchants from distant parts, travellers and rich knights bypassed the city that was unfriendly and unwelcoming for strangers. The citizens of Bydgoszcz suffered from that fact, because they lacked overseas goods and news from the world. In this situation the town councillors decided that the gates should always be open. This was also the image they ordered to be presented on the city’s coat of arms and since then it has been clear that the inhabitants of Bydgoszcz willingly host guests.

It was before the crack of dawn when Wizard Twardowski and his companion Maciek, having left exhausted horses behind, jumped on cockerels and approached Bydgoszcz. And so much commotion did they cause that all the hens and roosters from the city and all the owls and bats from the church bells started calling. They were squealing and… so loudly that it drowned the bells announcing the Angelus Dominus. People woke up and followed Twardowski to the inn in the market. I wondered why a nobleman rode the cock. Meanwhile, Twardowski sent Maciek to discern what the people wanted from him. And they argued with one another so that nothing could be understood. Angry Twardowski did not talk to them, did not even show himself in the inn window. After many years Twardowski probably changed his mind, because now you can now see him in the window of house No. 15 in the Old Market.

In mid October 1910 with the participation of: merchants, bankers, tailors, bakers, bricklayers, young and old, men and women ..., an unveiling of the sculpture "Archeress" took place. The unveiling was performed by Aronsohn – a banker from Bydgoszcz, who at the cost of seven and a half thousand marks brought the beauty with the bow to the city. The stir among the residents was enormous. - It is our banker’s friend, a theatre showgirl – a vendor cried. - Madam happens to go to the theatre? I can see exactly: Julia, Aronsohn’s daughter, in person! - added an irritated wife of a merchant from Gdańsk. The answers to the question that for many, many months was the main topic of conversation among Bydgoszcz inhabitants will probably never be known ... Or maybe it was simply a model from Berlin, hired by a German sculptor in his studio?