Ruda Śląska

Coordinates: 50°15′46″N 18°51′13″E / 50.26278°N 18.85361°E / 50.26278; 18.85361
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Ruda Śląska
Niedurnego Street in Ruda Śląska
Niedurnego Street in Ruda Śląska
Car plates
SRS, SL
Primary airportKatowice Airport
Websitehttp://www.rudaslaska.pl/
Historical population
YearPop.±%
195033,962—    
1960131,667+287.7%
1970143,122+8.7%
1980159,097+11.2%
1990171,034+7.5%
2000152,280−11.0%
2010142,950−6.1%
2020136,423−4.6%
source [3]

Ruda Śląska

Oder
).

It has been part of the

Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Ruda Śląska is one of the cities in the Katowice urban area (population 2.7 million) and within the greater Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area (population 5,294,000).[5] The population of the city is 135,008 (December 2021).[1]

History

St. Paul the Apostle Church

A large village is known to have existed at the location of the present day city center in 1243. The city name appears to indicate the awareness and perhaps exploitation of ores from early times.

The area underwent rapid industrialization (coal, steel, zinc) in the 19th and the beginning of 20th century. However, it remained a cluster of industrial settlements and villages until the 1950s, when it was administratively united. However, it never developed into a truly unified city.

Before the German

fall of communism
in the 1980s.

After the fall of communism in 1989, the significant heavy industry was largely scaled down or restructured. The area has been transforming to a service-based economy. The well-known still operating coal mine is "Halemba".

Since 2007, Ruda Śląska has been a member of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union (predecessor to the Metropolis GZM), the largest legally recognized urban area in Poland.

Transport and infrastructure

Significant roadways are

Highway A4 and the Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa
. There are several small railway stations, mainly on the line Katowice-Gliwice.

Since 1950, Ruda Śląska is the site of a transmission facility, which was used from 1950 to 1988 for medium-wave radio broadcasting.

Higher education

The neighboring cities of Katowice and Gliwice are large academic centers. Ruda Śląska is a seat of the Higher Academy of Commerce (Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa).

Sports

Wawel Community Centre
Holy Trinity Church
  • Polish Ekstraklasa Women's Handball League
  • Rugby Club IGLOO Ruda Śląska – men's rugby team playing in Polish Ekstraliga Rugby Seven's

Subdivisions

The city of Ruda Śląska is divided into following subdivisions:

Notable people

Liberty Street in Ruda Śląska

Ruda Śląska is the largest population center in Poland never to have been visited by Lech Wałęsa. This is shown on a brass plaque on the side of the ratusz (town hall).

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Ruda Śląska is twinned with:[10]

Notes

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References

  1. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 30 July 2022. Data for territorial unit 2472000.
  2. ^ a b Cudak, Joanna; Wantuch, Anna; Razowska-Jaworek, Lidia. "Ruda Śląska" (in Polish). Polish Geologic Institute. p. 330. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Ruda Śląska (śląskie) » mapy, nieruchomości, GUS, noclegi, szkoły, regon, atrakcje, kody pocztowe, wypadki drogowe, bezrobocie, wynagrodzenie, zarobki, tabele, edukacja, demografia".
  4. ^ "Ortspolizeibezirk Ruda". territorial.de (in German).
  5. European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) "Project 1.4.3". Archived from the original
    on 28 July 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  6. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 24.
  7. ^ Wardzyńska, pp. 140, 142
  8. ^ "Polenlager Ruda-Kochlowitz". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Miasta partnerskie i zaprzyjaźnione". rudaslaska.pl (in Polish). Ruda Śląska. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
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