Siemianowice Śląskie

Siemianowice Śląskie
Siemianowice Śląskie
	Świerczewskiego Street
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	Siemianowice Śląskie
	Coordinates: 50°16′33″N 18°59′9″E / 50.27583°N 18.98583°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	city county
Established	13th century
Town rights	1932
	Government
• Mayor	Jacek Guzy
	Area
• City	25.5 km2 (9.8 sq mi)
Highest elevation	295 m (968 ft)
Lowest elevation	260 m (850 ft)
	Population (2008)
• City	71,621
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,300/sq mi)
• Urban	2,746,000
• Metro	5,294,000
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	41-100 to 41-106
Area code(s)	+48 32
Car plates	SI
Website	http://www.um.siemianowice.pl

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Siemianowice Śląskie aka Siemianowice [ɕɛmʲanɔˈvʲit͡sɛ ˈɕlɔ̃skʲɛ]; German: Siemianowitz-Laurahütte is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river (tributary of the Vistula).

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Siemianowice is one of the cities of the 2,7 million conurbation - Katowice urban area and within a greater Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people.^[1] The population of the city is 71,621 (2008).^[2]

Siemianowice's present form results from the merging of the communes Siemianowice (German: Siemianowits) and Huta Laury (German: Laurahütte) in 1924. The new city was named Siemianowice Śląskie and gained town privileges in 1932.

[edit] The Origin of the Name

There are three hypothetical explanations:

it comes from seven huts which were called Siedminowice/Siedmionowice
it comes from the legend about Siemion/Siemian, Michał and Maciej or Siemion/Siemian, Michał and Jakub
it comes from ziemia nawa which means earth taken away from water

[edit] Famous people

Apostolis Anthimos (born 1954), musician
Barbara Blida (1949–2007), Polish politician
Antoni Halor (born 1937), Polish film director, artist, writer
Hugo Henckel von Donnersmarck (1811–1890), German industrialist, founder of Laurahütte
Jacek Fröhlich (born 1965) , Automotive Designer, BMW exterior design chief
Michael Jary (1906–1988), German composer
Bronisław Korfanty (born 1952), Polish senator
Wojciech Korfanty (1873–1939), Polish politician
Hermański Kryspin (born 1984), Polish dancer
Zygmunt Maszczyk (born 1945), Polish footballer
Daniel Podrzycki (1963–2005), Polish politician
Otto Josef Schlein (1895–1944), German doctor
Józef Skrzek (born 1948), musician, leader of SBB band
Henryk Średnicki (born 1955), Olympic boxer
Ernst Steinitz (1871–1928, German mathematician
Witold Ziaja (born 1940), Polish field hockey player
Krzysztof Globisz (born 1957, Polish actor
Wojciech Aðalbjart Brodowski (born 1990), Polish Political Scientist