Pszów
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Pszów [pʂuf] (German: Pschow) is a town in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 13,896 inhabitants (2019). It is located on Rybnik Plateau (Płaskowyż Rybnicki), in close vicinity to such cities, as Rybnik, Wodzisław Śląski, Racibórz, Radlin, Rydułtowy, Jastrzębie-Zdrój and Żory. With the area of 20.42 square kilometres (7.88 sq mi), between 1975 and 1994, Pszów was a district of Wodzisław Śląski.
History
First mention of Pszów comes from 1265, when, called then Psov, it was granted
Sport
Pszów has one sport club – Górnik Pszów, founded in 1924. It is most famous for boxers, such as Andrzej Biegalski, Bogdan Gajda (gold medal at 1977 European Amateur Boxing Championships), and Zbigniew Kicka (bronze medal at 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships).
Twin towns – sister cities
Horní Benešov, Czech Republic
People
- Julius Szmula (1829-1909), German politician, member of German Reichstag
References
- ^ "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
- ^ "Miasta partnerskie". pszow.pl (in Polish). Pszów. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
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