Dąbrowa Górnicza

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Dąbrowa Górnicza
Coat of arms of Dąbrowa Górnicza
Dąbrowa Górnicza (Poland)
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Dąbrowa Górnicza
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Silesia
Powiat : District-free city
Area : 188.00  km²
Geographic location : 50 ° 20 ′  N , 19 ° 11 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  N , 19 ° 11 ′ 0 ″  E
Residents : 119,800
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code : 41-300 to 42-530
Telephone code : (+48) 32
License plate : SD
Economy and Transport
Street : S1
DK94
Rail route : Zawiercie – Katowice
Dąbrowa Górnicza – Krakow
Tunel – Sosnowiec
Next international airport : Katowice
Gmina
Gminatype: Borough
Surface: 188.00 km²
Residents: 119,800
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Population density : 637 inhabitants / km²
Community number  ( GUS ): 2465011
Administration (as of 2018)
City President : Marcin Bazylak
Address:
ul.Graniczna 21 41-300 Dąbrowa Górnicza
Website : www.dabrowa-gornicza.pl



Dąbrowa Górnicza [ dɔmˈbrɔva gurˈɲiʧa ; Pronunciation ? / i ] ( German Dombrowa ) is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland . Audio file / audio sample

geography

location

Dąbrowa Górnicza is located in the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie (Dombrowa Coal Basin). The city is located around 16 km northeast of Katowice . It is traversed by the Black Przemsa (Czarna Przemsza) and the White Przemsa (Biała Przemsza). Due to its location on the edge of the industrial area, there are many green areas and four artificial lakes, the last of which was opened in 2005, which are used for swimming and water sports. Beavers live in the forests in the east of the city , and the Błędów Desert named after him begins there in the Błędów district , a 32 km² sandy area.

The urban area has an area of ​​187.81 km², of which 42% is used for agriculture and 22% is forested.

City structure

The city consists of 18 districts ( Dzielnica miasta ): Dąbrowa Górnicza, Błędów, Strzemieszyce Wielkie, Ujejsce, Ząbkowice, Łęka, Łosień, Okradzionów, Trzebiesławy, Kuzki Ławy, Kuzki Łauca, Kuzki Ławy, Kuzki Ławice, Bugzawa ławice, Trzemieszyce Małe, TŁajanzian, Bugzawa, Ratzkazianz, Ratzawazianz, Ratzawazianz, Ratzkazice, Ratzkazkazice, Ratzkazka . However, their limits are only conventional and have not been set by the city administration. The residents also differentiate between individual city quarters (villa districts or prefabricated housing estates) in the city center: Antoniów, Centrum, Dziewiąty, Gołonóg (with residential areas Manhattan, Broadway, Kasprzak), Korzeniec (with the workers' colony and the Zielona city park), Łęknice, Łosień, Mydlice, Piekło, Ratanice, Reden and Trzydziesty. The name of the Reden district goes back to the former Redensgrube, which in turn was named after the mining captain Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden . 1977 to 1984 also Sławków belonged to the urban area of ​​Dąbrowas, since then it has been an independent town again.

history

Until 1945

The first written mention of the place was in 1755. In 1795, with the third division of Poland , the place became part of the new Prussian province of New Silesia . After the defeat of Prussia by Napoleon, the place became part of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 , and eight years later it belonged to the Kingdom of Poland . Due to the thick layers of coal in today's city center, industry quickly developed. During this time the first zinc works and the first modern steel works in Poland were built . Its construction was financed by the Polish Bank and contributed to the name Bankhütte (Polish: Huta Bankowa). It was at the time of the People's Republic in Huta im. Renamed Feliksa Dzierżyńskiego . In 1859 Dombrowa was connected to the Warsaw-Vienna railway line . In 1905 there were major strikes by workers in the coal mines around Dombrowa, which ended in a bloodbath. It was not until 1916 that the town received city ​​rights from the Austrian occupiers, but three years later it became the seat of the district. The municipality of Górnicza was attached.

Train in Dąbrowa Górnicza station (around 1916)

At the time of industrialization in the 19th century, the area to which Dombrowa gave its name belonged to the Russian Congress Poland , Silesia was Prussian and from 1871 part of the German Empire. Even after 1920, the area was part of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship Kielce , while Eastern Upper Silesia formed an autonomous voivodeship . In the time of the Sanacja there were controversial plans to annex the area to the Silesian Voivodeship.

During the attack on Poland in 1939, the small region was occupied by Germans, united with Upper Silesia and, in violation of international law, incorporated into the Third Reich. Dąbrowa came to the district of Bendsburg , the Jews from the region came to a ghetto . (see also: Jewish Cemetery (Dąbrowa Górnicza) )

1945 until today

The city has been part of Poland again since 1945 and becomes a major city after Gołonóg has been incorporated. In the 1970s, the largest steelworks in Poland, Huta Katowice , was built here and is now part of the central concern . In the early 1990s the last coal mine “Paryż” (formerly “Gen. Zawadzki”) closed.

From 1975 to 1998 the city was part of the Katowice Voivodeship .

Culture and sights

Church of St. Mary and St. Anthony

Museums

The origins of the Sztygarka Municipal Museum go back to 1889 when a mineralogical collection was established in the mining school. In 1912 it became the Geological Museum. In 1986 the historical collection and the Geological Museum were merged. In 1997 the museum became the property of the city. The museum is located in the so-called Pavilion 1 on the site of the mining school.

theatre

The Palace of Culture ( Pałac Kultury Zagłębia ), opened in 1958, is used as a cinema and theater and event center. The House of Culture ( Dom Kultury ) in Ząbkowice is used for various theatrical and musical performances.

Attractions

The Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Dabrowa Górnicza from 1900 and in the district Gołonóg Church of St. Mary and St. Anthony built in 1675. Also, the built in the style of socialist realism district Palace of Culture ( Pałac Kultury Zagłębia ) is one of the interesting buildings of the city as well as the Dom Freja, the former residence of the owners of the watermill Okradzionów and the Kolonia Huty Bankowej (Żeromskiego Street) built in 1918 for employees of the "Huta Bankowa".

Sports

There is an abundance of sports clubs in the city. The MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza with its various departments, especially the women's volleyball and men's basketball teams, should be emphasized .

Economy and Transport

Huta Katowice
Blast furnace 2

The city's largest employer is Huta Katowice , once the largest steel mill in Poland.

Dąbrowa Górnicza is located on the Warsaw-Vienna Railway ( Warsaw – Katowice railway and Dąbrowa Górnicza Ząbkowice – Kraków railway ) and the Tunel – Sosnowiec railway . Droga ekspresowa S1 and Droga krajowa 94 as well as Droga wojewódzka DW710 and DW910 pass through the city .

In public transport there is a connection to the Upper Silesian tram network .

education

In Dąbrowa Górnicza there are 21 elementary schools , 11 middle schools and 8 high schools of various types, as well as a number of other vocational schools . There is also a municipal library.

politics

City President

At the head of the city administration is a city ​​president who is directly elected by the population. From 2006 to 2018 this was Zbigniew Podraza ( SLD ).

In the 2018 election, Podraza did not run again. The vote brought the following result:

In the runoff election, Bazylak prevailed with 61.3% of the votes against the PiS candidate Warwas and became the new mayor.

City council

The city council consists of 25 members and is directly elected. The 2018 city council election led to the following result:

  • Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (SLD) / Lewica Razem (Razem) 27.3% of the vote, 9 seats
  • Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) 22.8% of the vote, 6 seats
  • Koalicja Obywatelska (KO) 15.2% of the vote, 4 seats
  • Election Committee “Local Administrative Committee” 12.8% of the votes, 3 seats
  • Election Committee “Together for Dąbrowa Górnicza” 10.4% of the vote, 2 seats
  • Election committee “Society of Friends of Dąbrowa Górnicza” 7.9% of the votes, 1 seat
  • Kukiz'15 3.7% of the vote, no seat

Town twinning

Personalities

sons and daughters of the town

Other personalities associated with the city

  • Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941–1996), director and screenwriter, lived for a while in the Strzemieszyce Małe district

Trivia

After 1945 the region of Zagłębie and Silesia grew together strongly, thanks in part to a dense transport network. Nevertheless, Polish and not Silesian is spoken in Dąbrowa Górnicza and in the neighboring district towns of Sosnowiec or Będzin. The old antagonisms are revived again and again in the local press, as some Silesians perceive this young region as a foreign body. To this day the adjective Silesian-Dombrowisch is used in relation to the Upper Silesian industrial area. Most Poles do not perceive this distinction and see the district residents as Silesians.

Web links

Commons : Dąbrowa Górnicza  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b population. Size and Structure by Territorial Division. As of June 30, 2019. Główny Urząd Statystyczny (GUS) (PDF files; 0.99 MiB), accessed December 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Miasto Gmina Powiat Dąbrowa Górnicza on regioset.pl (Polish) as of April 12, 2009
  3. ↑ Dz.U. 1975 no 17 poz. 92 (Polish) ( Memento from April 8, 2009 on WebCite )
  4. ^ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on August 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on August 5, 2020.