A report on Chorzów

Chorzów as Charzow on an 18th-century Polish map
Steelworks at Königshütte, 1872–1875 ("Das Eisenwalzwerk" by Adolf von Menzel)
Headframe of the closed President coal mine
Chorzów in the 1930s
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
Main post office
Chorzów within the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union.
Chorzów Town Hall
Subdivisions of Chorzów
The Giraffe, a sculpture at the Silesian Park
Stadion Śląski, the second biggest stadium in Poland
Statue of footballer Gerard Cieślik in Chorzów

City in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice.

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Prisoners in Stalag VIII-B

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.

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

Prisoners in Stalag VIII-B
British and Allied surgical patients at prisoner of war camp Stalag 344-E (VIII-B) "Lazarett" Feb 1944
Memorial to the victims
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

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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.

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.

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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%).

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Stadion Śląski

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Panorama of the Silesian Stadium, 2017
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The Stadion Śląski (Silesian Stadium) is a sport stadium located on the premises of Silesian Park in Chorzów, Poland.

Rawa (river)

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

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

Rawa open canal in Katowice
Rawa across Katowice market square during reconstruction

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

Chorzów Stary

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Chorzów Stary (literally Old Chorzów) is a district of Chorzów, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.

University of Silesia in Katowice

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Autonomous state-run university in Silesia Province, Katowice, Poland.

Autonomous state-run university in Silesia Province, Katowice, Poland.

Main University building, Katowice
Building of the Faculty of Law and Administration, Katowice
Campus in Sosnowiec
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
Krzysztof Kieślowski

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

Hall after collapse.

Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse

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Hall after collapse.
Memorial to the collapse victims in Katowice.

On 28 January 2006, the roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair (Międzynarodowe Targi Katowickie) collapsed in Chorzów / Katowice, Poland.

AKS Chorzów

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Logo of VfR Königshütte

AKS Chorzów is a sports club based in Chorzów, Poland.

Karol Miarka (father)

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Polish social activist in Upper Silesia, teacher, writer, publicist and printer.

Polish social activist in Upper Silesia, teacher, writer, publicist and printer.

Karol Miarka - a bust in the hall of the Silesian Parliament.
The grave of Karol Miarka, Paweł Stalmach and Ignacy Świeży at the Communal Cemetery in Cieszyn

In 1868-1869 he edited the periodical Zwiastun Górnośląski, and later in Königshütte (today's Chorzów) he published Katolik (1869-80), one of the more important periodicals fighting for the Polishness of the Upper Silesian people.

Chorzów Power Station

Chorzów Power Station

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Chorzów Power Station

Chorzów power station is a thermal power plant located in Chorzów, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.