 As a punishment, the Russians reduced Stopnica to the status of a village, which nevertheless remained the seat of the county until 1915, when the Austrians replaced the county seat with Busko-Zdrój.In 1939, Stopnica had 6,142 inhabitants, of whom two thirds were Jewish.On September 9, 1939, the German VIII Army Corps reached the vicinity of Stopnica and were met by troops of the "Śląsk" Operational Group ( "Kraków" Army ).