Katowice

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Katowice (pronounce: [katɔ'vʲitsɛ], also known as Kattowitz in German) is a city in Poland. It is in the south of Poland in historical region called Silesia on Kłodnica and Rawa river. It received city rights in 1865. Between 1954 and 1956 Katowice had a name of Stalinogród - "Stalin City". It was given by the polish communists. There are about 315,123 people living there. The mayor of the city is Piotr Uszok. For a long period of time the city was ruled by Germans, as it was a part of the Germany until 1918. There is a one little airport called Airport Muchowiec. There are both modern and old buildings in Katowice. It was the center of the coal mining and metallurgy.

Contents 1 Districts 2 Famous people from Katowice 3 Twin towns 4 External links

[edit] Districts

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

[edit] Famous people from Katowice

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

[edit] Twin towns

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

[edit] External links

• The Municipal Council of Katowice
• The Commercial Website of Katowice
• Katowice, Silesia
• A webcam view of Katowice
• Hotel in Katowice
• Tram in Katowice