Pyskowice
Pyskowice | |
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| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Silesian |
| County | Gliwice |
| Gmina | Pyskowice (urban gmina) |
| First mentioned | 1256 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Wacław Kęska |
| Area | |
| • City | 31.89 km2 (12.31 sq mi) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • City | 19,104 |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,746,000 |
| • Metro | 5,294,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 44-120 |
| Car plates | SGL |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | http://www.pyskowice.pl/ |
Pyskowice [pɨskɔˈvʲit͡sɛ] (German: Peiskretscham; Template:Lang-szl) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands.
It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship. Pyskowice is one of the towns 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 town is 19,104 (2008).[2]
During the Second World War Pyskowice, then known as Peiskretcham, was one of the many sites where Canadian and British prisoners of war, nominally attached to Stalag VIIIB/344 Lamsdorf (Lambinowice) had to work for their German captors. There were more than 600 such working parties belonging to Stlag VIIIB/344 in this region. In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into Germany, the prisoners based in Pyskowice were marched westward in the so-called Long March or Death March. Some died from the bitter cold and exhaustion.Eventually the survivors were liberated by American troops in April or May 1945.
Twin towns
Pyskowice is twinned with:
La Ricamarie, France
Chervonohrad, Ukraine
Flörsheim am Main, Germany
People
- Agata Buzek
- Grzegorz Kasprzik
- Abraham Lewysohn, rabbi
- Georg Radziej (1895–1972), Wehrmacht general
- Rafał Szombierski
References
- ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) [1]
- ^ Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2008 - Central Statistical Office in Poland ISSN 1505-5507 , 13.08.2008
External links
- Webpage of the town (Polish, English, German)
- Peiskretscham Website Template:De icon
- Jewish Community in Pyskowice on Virtual Shtetl
Seat (not part of the county): Gliwice | ||
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50°24′N 18°38′E / 50.400°N 18.633°E
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