A report on Silesian Voivodeship and Chorzów

Chorzów as Charzow on an 18th-century Polish map

Katowice is the capital of the Silesian Voivodeship

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

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

Headframe of the closed President coal mine

Gliwice, one of the oldest cities in Silesia

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

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

Terminal A at Katowice International Airport

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

Administratively, Chorzów is in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, previously Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, the Silesian Voivodeship.

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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).

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Katowice

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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

Katowice (, , ; Kattowitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland, and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area.

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

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 Polish Upper Silesian territory covers most of the Opole Voivodeship, except for the Lower Silesian counties of Brzeg and Namysłów, and the western half of the Silesian Voivodeship (except for the Lesser Polish counties of Będzin, Bielsko-Biała, Częstochowa with the city of Częstochowa, Kłobuck, Myszków, Zawiercie and Żywiec, as well as the cities of Dąbrowa Górnicza, Jaworzno and Sosnowiec).

Chorzów (125,800)

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

As of 1999, it is part of Silesian Voivodeship, previously Katowice Voivodeship.

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

Katowice Voivodeship

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Katowice Voivodeship (województwo katowickie) can refer to one of two political entities in Poland:

Katowice Voivodeship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodeship.

Chorzów (125,800);

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.

Silesian Interurbans

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Upper Silesia conurbation tram network at the end of 1975

Works tram towing scrapped pointwork from Alfred to Katowice, 10 September 2011

Upgraded reserved track on Chorzowska Street in Chorzów, near Silesian Park

Silesian Trams (Tramwaje Konurbacji Śląskiej) is one of the largest tram systems in the world and the largest and longest tram system in Poland, located entirely within the Silesian Voivodeship.

The network is spread over more than 50 kilometres (east-west axis) and covers thirteen towns in the Upper Silesia metropolitan area of southern Poland: Katowice, the capital town of the region, Będzin, Bytom, Chorzów, Czeladź, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Mysłowice, Ruda Śląska, Siemianowice Śląskie, Sosnowiec, Świętochłowice and Zabrze.