Ruda Śląska
Ruda Śląska | ||
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Basic data | ||
State : | Poland | |
Voivodeship : | Silesia | |
Powiat : | District-free city | |
Area : | 77.70 km² | |
Geographic location : | 50 ° 17 ' N , 18 ° 52' E | |
Height : | 272 m npm | |
Residents : | 137,624 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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Postal code : | 41-700 to 41-718 | |
Telephone code : | (+48) 32 | |
License plate : | SRS and SL | |
Economy and Transport | ||
Rail route : | Katowice – Gliwice | |
Next international airport : | Katowice | |
Gmina | ||
Gminatype: | Borough | |
Surface: | 77.70 km² | |
Residents: | 137,624 (Jun. 30, 2019) |
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Population density : | 1771 inhabitants / km² | |
Community number ( GUS ): | 2472011 | |
Administration (as of 2011) | ||
City President : | Grażyna Dziedzic | |
Address: | pl. Jana Pawła II 6 41-709 Ruda Śląska |
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Website : | www.ruda-sl.pl |
Ruda Śląska [ 'ruda' ɕlɔ̃ska ], German: Ruda OS , is an independent city in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland , about 20 km northwest of Katowice . In its current form, the town of Ruda Śląska was only created in 1959 when the towns of Ruda and Nowy Bytom merged.
City structure
The city is divided into the following districts:
- Bielszowice ( Bielschowitz )
- Bykowina ( Friedrichsdorf )
- Chebzie ( Morgenroth )
- Czarny Las ( Black Forest ); Established in 2006
- Godula ( Godullahütte )
- Halemba
- Kochlowice ( Kochlowitz )
- Nowy Bytom ( Friedenshütte , formerly the Black Forest of Beuthen )
- Orzegów ( Orzegow )
- Ruda
- Wirek ( Antonienhütte )
history
The name of the city comes from the Slavic word for ore ruda ; the addition Śląska (= Silesian) was added later.
In 1243 there was already a settlement on the site of today's Ruda. When the place received city rights is not exactly clear, it happened between 1295 and 1305. The area of the city was then about 1220 ha . Crafts developed in the city in the 14th to 15th centuries . In 1526 the city came under the rule of the Habsburgs . The first hard coal mine was built in 1670. In 1742 Ruda became part of Prussia . In 1816 Karl Godulla built the largest zinc smelter in Upper Silesia for Carl Franz von Ballestrem , the "Carlshütte", which was in operation until 1908. The first school was opened in the city in 1844, and in 1845 the town was connected to the rail network. In 1889 the first electrical lines were laid in the village. The first pharmacy opened in 1893 and the first hospital opened in 1910 . In the period after the First World War , from 1919 to 1921, the Ruda area was also involved in the struggle for the state membership of Upper Silesia. In the referendum in Upper Silesia in 1921, 6,212 voted to join Poland and 4105 to remain with Germany. When Upper Silesia was divided in 1922, the city became part of Poland. During the Second World War , a satellite camp of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was set up in the city . After the end of the Second World War, the German population was largely expelled. In 1959, the two cities of Nowy Bytom and Ruda were merged as Ruda Śląska.
On November 21, 2006, a serious mine accident occurred in the Halemba colliery . A methane explosion killed 23 miners.
Another serious mining accident occurred on September 18, 2009 in the Śląsk mine . Another methane gas explosion was the cause. 18 miners were killed in this accident.
politics
City President
At the head of the city administration is a city president who is directly elected by the population. Since 2010 this has been Grażyna Dziedzic.
In the 2018 election, Dziedzic again ran her own election committee as mayor. The vote brought the following result:
- Grażyna Dziedzic (Grażyna Dziedzic Election Committee) 41.0% of the vote
- Marek Wesoły ( Prawo i Sprawiedliwość ) 25.9% of the vote
- Aleksandra Skowronek ( Koalicja Obywatelska ) 24.0% of the vote
- Tomasz Piechniczek ( Silesian Regional Party ) 9.1% of the vote
In the second ballot that became necessary, Dziedzic was re-elected as mayor with 61.8% of the votes against Wesoły.
City council
The city council consists of 25 members and is directly elected. The 2018 city council election led to the following result:
- Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (PiS) 30.1% of the vote, 8 seats
- Koalicja Obywatelska (KO) 28.5% of the vote, 8 seats
- Grażyna Dziedzic Election Committee 25.7% of the vote, 8 seats
- Silesian Regional Party 9.0% of the vote, 1 seat
- Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (SLD) / Lewica Razem (Razem) 6.7% of the vote, no seat
Town twinning
- Levice , Slovakia
- Papenburg , Germany
- Vibo Valentia , Italy
- Leimen , Germany
- Mank , Austria
- Giżycko , Poland
coat of arms
Attractions
- The neo-Romanesque Church of St. Paul in Nowy Bytom.
Transmitter
From 1950 to 1988, Ruda Śląska had a transmitter for broadcasting in the medium wave range.
traffic
The passenger stops Ruda Śląska (stop, formerly train station) and Ruda Chebzie (train station) are on the Katowice – Legnica railway line . Furthermore, some freight lines run through the city, namely the routes Chorzów Batory - Ruda Kochłowice , Katowice Ligota - Gliwice , Ruda Kochłowice - Ruda Orzegów and Ruda Orzegów - Zabrze Biskupice .
In public transport there is a connection to the Upper Silesian tram network .
Sports
The soccer clubs Slavia Ruda Śląska and Urania Ruda Śląska are based in Ruda Śląska . Slavia played second class in 1962 and 1963, Urania last in 1988. Both clubs now play in regional leagues.
Personalities
sons and daughters of the town
- Kurt Boeck (1855–1933), German theater actor, mountaineer and travel writer
- Max Henning (1861–1927), German Arabist and journalist
- Walter Sawall (1899–1953), German racing cyclist
- Erich Kleineidam (1905–2005), German priest and university professor
- Günter Bialas (1907–1995), German composer and university professor
- Vincent Burek (1920–1975), painter and graphic artist
- Ernst Pohl (1932–1995), football player
- Erwin Wilczek (* 1940), football player
- Danuta Pietraszewska (* 1947), politician
- Eugeniusz Knapik (* 1951), composer, pianist and music teacher
- Wenanty Fuhl (* 1960), soccer player
- Adam Fiedler (* 1965), Polish-German basketball player
- Michael Bemben (* 1976), football player
- Thomas Cichon (* 1976), German-Polish soccer player
- Marcin Baszczyński (* 1977), football player
- Johanna Skalski (* 1977), Polish-German politician (SPD), member of the Schleswig-Holstein state parliament
- Damian Gorawski (* 1979), football player
- Marek Plawgo (* 1981), athlete
- Otylia Jędrzejczak (* 1983), swimmer
- Orestes Fiedler (* 1986), German-Polish actor
- Adam Danch (* 1987), football player
- Artur Sobiech (* 1990), football player
- Kamil Grabara (* 1999), soccer player
Other personalities associated with the city
- Karl Godulla (born November 8, 1781 in Makoschau ; † July 6, 1848 in Breslau) - Prussian "zinc king", founded his industrial empire here
- Franz Pieler (born May 11, 1835 in Arnsberg ( Westphalia ), † October 25, 1910 in Ruda ( Upper Silesia )) was a German mining expert and long-time general director of the properties and industrial plants of Franz von Ballestrem .
- Johannes Chrząszcz (born April 27, 1857 in Polish Müllmen; † February 26, 1928 in Peiskretscham) - worked as a priest in Ruda
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ See also http://mkz.ruda-sl.pl/gal_kauf_niedurn.html ( Memento of October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Wirtualna Polska accessed on Sep. 20. 2009 ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ gazeta.pl accessed on September 20, 2009
- ↑ gazeta.pl, accessed Sep 21, 2009
- ↑ gazeta.pl accessed on September 25, 2009
- ↑ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on August 3, 2020.
- ↑ Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on August 3, 2020.
- ↑ See http://radiopolska.pl/portal/staticpages/index.php?page=wykaz-archiwum-am