A report on Metropolis GZM, Katowice and Chorzów

A fragment from the Bogucice Parish visitation report from 1598 that mentions the name Katowice for the first time
Baildon steelworks, 19th century
Chorzów as Charzow on an 18th-century Polish map
Katowice in the 1930s
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
Chorzów in the 1930s
Katowice International Conference Centre, built in 2015
Ulica Wolności (Freedom Street), one of the main areas of commerce in the city
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Memorial to local Poles murdered by the Germans in the Ravensbrück concentration camp
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Main post office
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
Chorzów Town Hall
Plac Grunwaldzki in Koszutka under construction, 1950s
Subdivisions of Chorzów
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
KTW towers under construction, 2021
Statue of footballer Gerard Cieślik in Chorzów
Nikiszowiec, a historic workers' housing estate
Spodek, a multipurpose arena from 1971
Galeria Katowicka shopping center
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
Las Murckowski
Silesian Library in Katowice
University of Silesia in Katowice – Faculty of Theology
Pesa Twist tram in Katowice
City by bike bicycles in Józefowiec district
Katowice Central Station
Spanish fans at the EuroBasket 2009 in Katowice
2012 FIVB Volleyball World League match in Katowice
Maria Goeppert Mayer
Wojciech Kilar
Kazimierz Kutz

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

- Chorzów

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

- Metropolis GZM

Chorzów is one of the central cities of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – a metropolis with a population of 2 million.

- Chorzów

Katowice is a central part of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2.3 million, and a part of a larger Upper Silesian metropolitan area that extends into the Czech Republic and has a population of 5-5.3 million people.

- Katowice

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.

- Metropolis GZM

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

- Katowice

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Siemianowice Śląskie

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Siemianowice Śląskie in the interbellum

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.