Bogucice

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Bogucice (disambiguation) .

Bogucice
	Bogucice
Basic data
State :	Poland
Voivodeship :	Silesia
District of:	Katowice
Area :	2.50  km²
Geographic location :	50 ° 16 '  N , 19 ° 2'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '3 "  N , 19 ° 2' 23"  E
Residents :	17,400 (2003)
Telephone code :	(+48) 32
License plate :	SK
Economy and Transport
Next international airport :	Katowice

Bogucice (German: Bogutschütz ) is a district of Katowice and is located about 2 km northeast of the city center. Bogucice has around 15,000 inhabitants. The district consists of a 19th century part and a few new settlements.

history

Representation of the church from the 18th century.

Workers' houses

The first written mention of the place dates from December 15, 1360, even if it was founded probably as early as the 13th century.

A parish school was founded in the 16th century. In 1822 the Ferdinand coal mine was built . Pastor Leopold Markiefka founded an orphanage in 1858. On July 17, 1892 the foundation stone was laid for the neo-Gothic parish church of St. Stephen, which replaced the old scrap wood church . On October 25, 1894, the church was consecrated by the Breslau bishop Georg von Kopp .

In the referendum in Upper Silesia in 1921, 5,189 votes (43.7%) were cast in favor of remaining with Germany, and 6,783 (56.3%) in favor of joining Poland. In 1922 the place fell to Poland. On July 15, 1924, the municipality of Bogucice was incorporated into the city of Katowice.

Personalities

• The mountaineer Jerzy Kukuczka lived in Bogucice.

Web links

Commons : Bogucice  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website about Bogucice (Polish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See katowice.eu ( Memento of December 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). on October 4, 2009
2. ↑ See results of the referendum ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ); down. on October 10, 2009