A report on Katowice and Chorzów

A fragment from the Bogucice Parish visitation report from 1598 that mentions the name Katowice for the first time

Chorzów as Charzow on an 18th-century Polish map

Steelworks at Königshütte, 1872–1875 ("Das Eisenwalzwerk" by Adolf von Menzel)

Parachute Tower, one of the symbols of the Polish Defense of Katowice

Headframe of the closed President coal mine

3 Maja Street is one of the main promenades in the city

Katowice International Conference Centre, built in 2015

Ulica Wolności (Freedom Street), one of the main areas of commerce in the city

Memorial to local Poles murdered by the Germans in the Ravensbrück concentration camp

Cathedral of Christ the King, seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice

Chorzów within the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union.

The Great Synagogue in Katowice was destroyed by the German Nazis during the invasion of Poland on 4 September 1939

Plac Grunwaldzki in Koszutka under construction, 1950s

Modernist Osiedle Gwiazdy built in late 1970s and the light cubes of the New Silesian Museum

The Giraffe, a sculpture at the Silesian Park

Scientific Information Center and Academic Library

Stadion Śląski, the second biggest stadium in Poland

Statue of footballer Gerard Cieślik in Chorzów

Nikiszowiec, a historic workers' housing estate

Silesia City Center – a large shopping mall in Katowice. Located over former coal mine "Gottwald"

High-rise buildings in Śródmieście, the most urbanized part of the city

A historical townhouse on the corner of Stawowa and Mickiewicz Streets

University of Silesia in Katowice – Faculty of Theology

City by bike bicycles in Józefowiec district

Spanish fans at the EuroBasket 2009 in Katowice

2012 FIVB Volleyball World League match in Katowice

Chorzów (Königshütte ; ) is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice.

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It borders the cities of Chorzów, Siemianowice Śląskie, Sosnowiec, Mysłowice, Lędziny, Tychy, Mikołów, Ruda Śląska and Czeladź.

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Upper Silesia

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Southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic.

Coat of arms of Upper Silesia as drawn by Hugo Gerard Ströhl (1851–1919)

1746 map of Upper Silesia, Homann heirs, Nuremberg

The historical capital of Upper Silesia is Opole, nevertheless the largest towns of the region, including Katowice, are located in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, the total population of which is about 3,000,000.

Chorzów (125,800)

Silesian Voivodeship

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Katowice is the capital of the Silesian Voivodeship

Jasna Góra in Częstochowa is the holiest Roman Catholic shrine in Poland

Gliwice, one of the oldest cities in Silesia

Bielsko-Biała is a major industrial, transport and touristic hub

Terminal A at Katowice International Airport

Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province (województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia (Górny Śląsk), with Katowice serving as its capital.

Among these were Katowice (Kattowitz), Rybnik (Rybnik), Pszczyna (Pleß), Wodzisław (Loslau), Żory (Sohrau), Mikołów (Nikolai), Tychy (Tichau), Królewska Huta (Königshütte), Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz), Miasteczko Śląskie (Georgenberg), Woźniki (Woischnik), Lubliniec (Lublinitz), Cieszyn (Teschen), Skoczów (Skotschau), and Bielsko (Bielitz).

Siemianowice Śląskie

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Siemianowice Śląskie also known as Siemianowice (Siemianowitz-Laurahütte; ) is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice, in its central district in the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million people and is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river (tributary of the Vistula).

Siemianowice Śląskie borders four cities: Piekary Śląskie, Chorzów, Czeladź and the voivodeship capital Katowice.

Silesian Uprisings

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Part of the Weimar Republic at the time.

Polish armored car Korfanty in 1920 made by Polish fighters in Woźniak foundry. It was one of the two created, the second was named Walerus – Woźniak.

Wojciech Korfanty organized the Third Polish Silesian Uprising in Upper Silesia.

Cap badge of the Polish Storm Detachment during Silesian Uprisings

Train derailed by the insurgents near Kędzierzyn

Silesian Insurgents Monument in Katowice. The largest and heaviest monument in Poland, constructed in 1967.

On 19 August, the violence eventually led to a Polish uprising which quickly resulted within the occupation of government offices in the districts of Kattowitz (Katowice), Pless (Pszczyna) and Beuthen (Bytom).

Between 20 and 25 August, the rebellion spread to Königshütte (Chorzów), Tarnowitz (Tarnowskie Góry), Rybnik, Lublinitz (Lubliniec) and Gross Strehlitz (Strzelce Opolskie).

Upper Silesia plebiscite

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Plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty and carried out on 20 March 1921 to determine ownership of the province of Upper Silesia between Weimar Germany and Poland.

Language situation in Silesia in 1905-06

Members of the Polish Plebiscite Committee

A bilingual Polish Propaganda poster: Vote for Poland and you will be free

A German Propaganda poster: Prayer of the Homeland: Upper Silesia remain German!

Upper Silesia Plebiscite 1921 cast iron campaign medal of the pro- German side. The obverse shows the Bavarian born Saint Hedwig of Silesia.

The reverse of this medal states in German and Polish the German origin of the Upper Silesian Christianisation.

A crowd awaits the plebiscite results in Oppeln (Opole)

1920 special passport issued to those living in the region during the Upper Silesian plebiscite.

Arrival of the train with migrant workers from western Germany in Neustadt (Prudnik)

All the districts of the industrial zone in a narrower sense - Beuthen (Bytom), Hindenburg (Zabrze), Kattowitz (Katowice), and Königshütte (Chorzów) - had slight German majorities, though in Beuthen and Kattowitz this was due entirely to the town vote (four-fifths in Kattowitz compared to an overall 60%).

Metropolis GZM

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Metropolitan union composed of 41 contiguous municipalities in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland.

The seat of the metropolitan council is Katowice, the largest city of the region and the voivodeship capital.

Original union included 14 city counties that form the core of the metropolitan region: (Bytom, Chorzów, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Gliwice, Jaworzno, Katowice, Mysłowice, Piekary Śląskie, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie, Sosnowiec, Świętochłowice, Tychy, and Zabrze.

University of Silesia in Katowice

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Building of the Faculty of Law and Administration, Katowice

Main building of the Institute of Chemistry, (part of Faculty of Science and Technology), Katowice

Faculty of Arts and Education Sciences, Cieszyn

Centre for Scientific Information and Academic Library (CINiBA), Katowice

The University of Silesia in Katowice (Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, UŚ) is an autonomous state-run university in Silesia Province, Katowice, Poland.

Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach has facilities in four cities in the region: Katowice, Sosnowiec, Cieszyn and Chorzów.

Rawa (river)

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Minor river (about 19.6 kilometres in total length) in Silesia, Poland.

Rawa across Katowice market square during reconstruction

It has its source in Ruda Śląska and crosses the cities of Świętochłowice, Chorzów and Katowice.

Stalag VIII-B

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German Army prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the village of Lamsdorf in Silesia.

British and Allied surgical patients at prisoner of war camp Stalag 344-E (VIII-B) "Lazarett" Feb 1944

German WWII prison camp money (from Stalag 344/E) 1944

E88 in Wełnowiec (Hohenlohehütte), present-day district of Katowice, at the Król (König) coal mine, "Agnieszka" (Agneschaft) east shaft of the Król mine in Agnieszka (Agneshütte) colony (177 POWs), and in Chorzów (Königshütte) at Prezydent (Königsgrube) coal mine