Ruda Śląska

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Ruda Śląska
Ruda Śląska coat of arms
Ruda Śląska (Poland)
Ruda Śląska
Ruda Śląska
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Silesia
Powiat : District-free city
Area : 77.70  km²
Geographic location : 50 ° 17 '  N , 18 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '34 "  N , 18 ° 51' 52"  E
Height : 272 m npm
Residents : 137,624
(Jun. 30, 2019)
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)
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
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

Detail of a miner's house restored in 2004 in the “department store housing estate” in Nowy Bytom
The former culture house in Ruda

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:

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:

Town twinning

coat of arms

Attractions

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

Other personalities associated with the city

Web links

Commons : Ruda Śląska  - 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 .
  2. See also http://mkz.ruda-sl.pl/gal_kauf_niedurn.html ( Memento of October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / wiadomosci.wp.pl
  4. gazeta.pl accessed on September 20, 2009
  5. gazeta.pl, accessed Sep 21, 2009
  6. gazeta.pl accessed on September 25, 2009
  7. Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on August 3, 2020.
  8. Result on the website of the election commission, accessed on August 3, 2020.
  9. See http://radiopolska.pl/portal/staticpages/index.php?page=wykaz-archiwum-am