Katowice

Katowice (pronounce: [katɔ'vʲitsɛ], also known as Kattowitz in German) is a city in Poland. It is in the south of Poland in the historical region called Silesia on Kłodnica and Rawa river. It received city rights in 1865. Between 1953 and 1956 Katowice had the name Stalinogród - "Stalin City".^[1] It was given by the polish communists. There are about 315,123 people living there. The mayor of the city is Marcin Krupa. For a long period of time the city was ruled by Germans, as it was a part of Germany until 1918. There is a little airport called Airport Muchowiec. There are both modern and old buildings in Katowice. It was the center of the coal mining and metallurgy.

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Coat of Arms
Coat of Arms of Katowice

Districts

Districts of Katowice

I. City 1. Śródmieście 2. Koszutka 3. Bogucice 4. Osiedle Paderewskiego - Muchowiec II. North-Town 5. Załęże 6. Osiedle Witosa 7. Osiedle Tysiąclecia 8. Dąb 9. Wełnowiec - Józefowiec III. West-Town 10. Ligota - Panewniki 11. Brynów - Osiedle Zgrzebnioka 12. Brynów - Załęska Hałda

IV. East-Town 13. Zawodzie 14. Dąbrówka Mała 15. Szopienice - Burowiec 16. Janów - Nikiszowiec 17. Giszowiec V. South-Town 18. Murcki 19. Piotrowice - Ochojec 20. Zarzecze 21. Kostuchna 22. Podlesie

Famous people from Katowice

Katowice, Museum of Silesia

• Hans Bellmer, surrealist photographer
• Henryk M. Broder, journalist
• Maria Goeppert-Mayer
• Kurt Goldstein, neurologist
• Richard Herrmann, German footballer
• Jerzy Kukuczka
• Kazimierz Kutz
• Franz Leopold Neumann
• Hans Sachs

Twin towns

• Cologne (Germany)
• Groningen (Netherlands)
• Miskolc (Hungary)
• Mobile, Alabama (United States)
• Odense (Denmark)
• Ostrava (Czech Republic)
• Saint-Étienne (France)