Halemba
Halemba is a district in the south-west of Ruda Śląska, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It lies on the river Kłodnica, right tritubary of Odra. It has an area of 19.6 km2 and in 2006 it was inhabited by 26,080 people.[1]
History
The area encompasses three historically different settlements:[2]
The first settlements appeared in the 15th century, when the area north of the river Kłodnica belonged to Kochłowice. A smithery was established here, and the settlement, which grew around it, was named Halemba after one the smiths. It was first mentioned in 1451.
Another settlement, Stara Kuźnica, commenced somewhat after 1394, when the forests laying south of
The third settlement, Kłodnica, named after the river, developed alongside Stara Kuźnica, although across the river, which also constituted a border between different duchies and later state countries.
After
Kuźnica, Stara Kuźnica and Kłodnica were joined and merged into Nowy Bytom in 1951,[6] and as part of Nowy Bytom was amalgamated with Ruda to form Ruda Śląska on December 31, 1958.[7]
Gallery
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Housing estates in Halemba -
Donnersmarck palace
See also
References
- ^ "Tab. 47 Rozkład dysfunkcji w mieście w latach 2003-2006". Lokalny Program Rewitalizacji Miasta Ruda Śląska na lata 2007-2015 (PDF) (in Polish). Ruda Śląska: Urząd Miasta Ruda Śląska. September 2007. p. 52.
- ^ Messtischblatt 1:25 000, 5779 Schwientochlowitz, rok 1929 Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Musioł, Ludwik (1930). "Dokument sprzedaży księstwa pszczyńskiego z dn. 21. lutego 1517 R." Roczniki Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk na Śląsku. R. 2. Katowice: nakł. Towarzystwa ; Drukiem K. Miarki: 235–237. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Pless/Pszczyna County" (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-05-02. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Kattowitz/Katowice County" (in German). Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-03.
- ^ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 17 marca 1951 r. w sprawie zniesienia i zmiany granic niektórych powiatów oraz utworzenia i zmiany granic niektórych miast, stanowiących powiaty miejskie w województwie katowickim., Dz. U. z 1951 r. Nr 18, poz. 147
- ^ Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 18 listopada 1958 r. w sprawie utworzenia miasta Ruda Śląska stanowiącego powiat miejski w województwie katowickim., Dz. U. z 1958 r. Nr 69, poz. 342
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