A report on Chorzów and Silesian Uprisings

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.

Chorzów as Charzow on an 18th-century Polish map

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

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

Cap badge of the Polish Storm Detachment during Silesian Uprisings

Headframe of the closed President coal mine

Train derailed by the insurgents near Kędzierzyn

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

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

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

Chorzów within the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union.

The Giraffe, a sculpture at the Silesian Park

Stadion Śląski, the second biggest stadium in Poland

In the Upper Silesia plebiscite a majority of 31,864 voters voted to remain in Germany while 10,764 votes were given for Poland Following three Silesian Uprisings, the eastern part of Silesia, including Chorzów and Królewska Huta, was separated from Germany and awarded to Poland in 1922.

- Chorzów

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

- Silesian Uprisings

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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)

There were three Polish uprisings, and German volunteer paramilitary units came to the region as well.

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%).

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

From 1919-1921 three Silesian Uprisings occurred among the Polish-speaking populace of Upper Silesia; the Battle of Annaberg was fought in the region in 1921.

Chorzów (125,800)

Katowice

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Capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland, and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area.

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

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

Katowice International Conference Centre, built in 2015

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

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

Scientific Information Center and Academic Library

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

Following Germany's defeat in World War I and the Silesian Uprisings, Katowice and parts of Upper Silesia were reintegrated with the reborn Polish Republic.

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

Tarnowskie Góry

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Town in Silesia, southern Poland, located in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice.

A 1930 plaque commemorating the alleged discovery of the silver deposit in 1490 in the place of the current Florczak House at the Market Square

16th-century Gwareks' bell-tower (Dzwonnica Gwarków) in the town center

Arcade houses at Gliwicka Street, dating back to the 16th century

16th-century Gwarek House, in which in 1744 the first Lutheran service was held after the end of Habsburg rule, as mentioned by pastor Samuel Ludwik Zasadius

Fryderyk Smelting Works in interwar Poland

After World War I ended, between 1919 and 1921 three massive anti-German uprisings took place in entire Upper Silesian region and many of towns residents fought and supported the cause.

Among the victims were miners, former insurgents and a school principal from nearby Chorzów.