Dąbrowa Górnicza
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 Dąbrowa Górnicza
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| Coordinates: 50°19′N 19°16′E / 50.317°N 19.267°E | |||
| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship |  Silesian |
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| County | city county | ||
| Town rights | 1916 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Zbigniew Podraza | ||
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| • City | 188 km2 (73 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • City | 128,040 | ||
| • Density | 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 2,746,000 | ||
| • Metro | 5,294,000 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 41-300 to 42-530 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 32 | ||
| Car plates | SD | ||
| Sister cities: |  Alchevsk Studénka Câmpulung Moldovenesc |
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| Website | http://www.dabrowa-gornicza.pl/ | ||
Dąbrowa Górnicza [dɔmˈbrɔva ɡurˈɲit͡ʂa] (
listen) is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, in southern Poland, near Katowice and Sosnowiec. It makes north-eastern part of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of almost 3 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Czarna Przemsza and Biała Przemsza rivers (tributaries of the Vistula, see Przemsza).
Even though Dąbrowa Górnicza belongs to the historic province of Lesser Poland, it now is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship. Dąbrowa Górnicza is one of the cities of the 2,7 million conurbation - Katowice urban area and within a greater Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,2 million people.[1] The population of the city itself is 127,500(Dec 2010).[2]
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[edit] History
In the first half of the 18th century Dąbrowa was a small agricultural settlement belonging to the Będzin parish of Lesser Poland's Kraków Voivodeship. First mentioned in 1726. According to the 1787 census of the Archdiocese of Kraków, the settlement numbered 184 inhabitants. After the Third Partition of Poland (1795) Dąbrowa was incorporated into the Prussian province of New Silesia. The Prussians discovered rich deposits of coal here and the first coal mine was established by Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden in 1796. The settlement started to grow in the 19th century. Huta Bankowa steel works, which is still in operation, was built in Dąbrowa Górnicza in 1834. The 1970s saw the construction of the Katowice Steelworks, which is nowadays the biggest steel producing plant in Poland, after privatization owned by ArcelorMittal. In the 1970s the town expanded territorially and economically. In 1975 and 1977 the neighboring localities of Strzemieszyce Małe, Strzemieszyce Wielkie, Ząbkowice and others became suburbanized. The population of Dąbrowa Górnicza reached its peak in 1982 with 152,373 inhabitants. In the 1990s all local coal mines were closed, because of lack of coal. But the oldest part of the town Reden still exists.
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[edit] Education
- Silesian Technical University, Faculty of Chemistry, Industrial and Environmental Chemistry course
- Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu
- Wyższa Szkoła Planowania Strategicznego
[edit] Transport
There are many important routes crossing in Dąbrowa Górnicza. These include expressway S1 and national road 94. Expressway S1 is a direct connection to motorway A4 and to Katowice International Airport. Also Dąbrowa Górnicza has rich railway network access including Warsaw-Katowice line (VI Pan-European corridor) and nearby Broad Gauge Metallurgy Line terminal in Sławków.
[edit] Notable people born in Dąbrowa Górnicza
- Karol Adamiecki (1866–1933), economist, engineer
- Janusz Gajos (b. 1939), actor
- Jerzy Janikowski (1952–2006), Olympic fencer
- Sobieslaw Zasada (b. 1930), rally driver, businessman
[edit] Etymology of Dąbrowa Górnicza
The place name "Dąbrowa", derived from the Polish word dąb (oak), denotes an "oak grove", as the territory of the original village is believed to be covered by oak forests back in the early days of its existence. Since in the 19th century the settlement grew to be an important coal mining center, its name was supplemented by the adjective "Górnicza" ("mining") in 1919.
[edit] References
- ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON)[1]
- ^ Central Statistical Office, Warsaw 2010, "Population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division, as of June 30, 2009" (PDF). http://www.stat.gov.pl/cps/rde/xbcr/gus/PUBL_L_ludnosc_stan_struktura_30_06_2009.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dąbrowa Górnicza |
- Encyclopædia Britannica Dąbrowa Górnicza
- Jewish Community in Dąbrowa Górnicza on Virtual Shtetl
- Dąbrowa Górnicza page for investors
- Forum about Dąbrowa Górnicza
- The City of Dąbrowa Górnicza
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