Radlin

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The central square in Radlin
Radlin
Radlin coat of arms
Radlin (Poland)
Radlin
Radlin
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Silesia
Powiat : Wodzisław Śląski
Area : 12.53  km²
Geographic location : 50 ° 2 ′  N , 18 ° 29 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′ 0 ″  N , 18 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  E
Height : 245 m npm
Residents : 17,776
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Postal code : 44-310
Telephone code : (+48) 32
License plate : SWD
Economy and Transport
Next international airport : Katowice
Gmina
Gminatype: Borough
Residents: 17,776
(Jun. 30, 2019)
Community number  ( GUS ): 2415021
Administration (as of 2009)
Mayoress : Barbara Magiera
Address: ul.Rymera 15
44-310 Radlin
Website : www.radlin.pl



Radlin is a city of about 17,500 inhabitants in Poland . It is located eight kilometers north of Wodzisław Śląski and belongs to the powiat Wodzisławski , Silesian Voivodeship .

geography

City structure

The city of Radlin is divided into three districts:

  • Biertułtowy (Birtultau)
  • Głożyny (Glasin)
  • Obszary (Obschory)

history

Wojciech-Korfanty -Straße - the main axis of Radlin-Birtultau
Marcel pit - main entrance

The village of Birtultau was first mentioned in 1305 as the Bertholdi villa . In the late 14th century, German settlers created other larger Waldhufendörfer such as Ober Radlin, Nieder Radlin and Glasin in the vicinity. In the 15th century there was an increased influx of the Polish population, so that both ethnic groups were about equally strong.

In 1742 the Silesian area came to Prussia . The discovery of hard coal in 1788 was followed by the start of mining, but initially only to a limited extent. With the Reden-Grube, established in Biertultau in 1840 and the Emma-Grube ( Kopalnia Marcel ) founded in Radlin in 1883 , coal mining gained importance. Together with the pits in Niedobschütz (Niedobczyce), Emma was the largest mine in the Rybnik district until 1896 .

In the period that followed, a coking plant , a briquette factory and several brick factories were built .

In 1922 the villages in Rybnik County became part of Poland. With the invasion of the Wehrmacht in 1939, they were reintegrated into Germany. In 1945, during the Second World War , a camp for Soviet prisoners of war was set up in Radlin, which was subordinate to the special command R 195 of the Wehrmacht . Several people were executed by the National Socialists in the disused shaft of the Reden mine .

Even after the end of the war, hard coal mining was the characteristic of Radlin, the Marcel mine ( Kopalnia Marcel ) employed 5,851 people in 1958.

On August 11, 1954, the places Radlin Górny (Upper Radlin), Radlin Dolny (Lower Radlin), Biertułtowy (Birtultau), Głożyny (Glasin) and Obszary (Obschory) were combined to form the city of Radlin. In 1975, the cities of Radlin, Pszów and Rydułtowy and the municipality of Marklowice were forced into the city of Wodzisław Śląski .

As a result of a citizens' referendum on January 1, 1997, the districts of Biertułtowy, Głożyny and Obszary were again spun off from Wodzisław Śląski and declared the city of Radlin. The former places Radlin Górny and Radlin Dolny, i.e. the actual Radlin, remained as the Radlin II district in Wodzisław.

Population development

1783: Ober and Nieder Radlin 279, Birtultau 87

1825: Ober and Nieder Radlin 667, Birtultau 279

1905: Ober and Nieder Radlin 3,789, Birtultau 1,908

1931: 08,900

1961: 17,462

1970: 20.334

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Radlin  album with pictures, 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 .