Siemianowice Śląskie

Coordinates: 50°16′33″N 18°59′9″E / 50.27583°N 18.98583°E / 50.27583; 18.98583
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Siemianowice Śląskie
City Hall
City Hall
Car plates
SI
Primary airportKatowice Airport
Websitehttp://www.siemianowice.pl

Siemianowice Śląskie also known as Siemianowice (Polish pronunciation:

Vistula
).

It is situated in the

Upper Silesian-Moravian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people.[2] The population of the city is 65,684 (2021).[1] Siemianowice Śląskie borders four cities: Piekary Śląskie, Chorzów, Czeladź
and the voivodeship capital Katowice.

Etymology

There are three hypothetical explanations for the origins of the name Siemianowice: either it comes from seven huts which were called Siedminowice/Siedmionowice in Old Polish; from the old legend about Siemion (Siemian), Michał and Maciej, or Siemion, Michał and Jakub; or it comes from ziemia nawa which means earth taken away from water.

Administrative division

  • Centrum – 11,98 km2
  • Michałkowice – 5,46 km2
  • Bańgów – 2,96 km2
  • Przełajka – 2,7 km2
  • Bytków – 2,3 km2

History

Siemianowice Śląskie during the interwar period

Siemianowice dates back to

Poland
. It was probably first mentioned in documents in 1253.

In 1924, Siemianowice and Huta Laury communes were merged. The new city was named Siemianowice Śląskie and gained town privileges in 1932.

On 1 September 1939, the first day of the German

"Sokół" Polish Gymnastic Society and boy scouts, recaptured the mine.[3] There were deaths on both sides, and the Poles also captured dozens of German saboteurs.[3] The Germans eventually invaded and captured the city in the following days, and already on 8 September 1939 the German Freikorps murdered six Poles in the city.[4] In September 1939, the German Einsatzgruppe I operated in the city and committed various crimes against the Polish population.[5] During the German occupation, two forced labour camps were established and operated in the city: one for Poles (Polenlager)[6] and one for Jews.[7] In April 1944, the Germans also established a subcamp of the Auschwitz concentration camp, in which over 900 people were held and subjected to forced labour.[8] In January 1945, the prisoners of the subcamp were taken to the Mauthausen concentration camp,[8]
and shortly afterwards the Germans left the city and the occupation ended.

In 1951, Michałkowice, Bytków, Bańgów and Przełajka were included within the city limits of Siemianowice as new districts.

Industry

Notable architectural structures

Sights of Siemianowice Śląskie (examples)
Park Tradycji
Municipal bath
Municipal Museum
Saint Michael Archangel church
Park Górnik
Silesian Uprisings Monument at the Freedom Square
  • Bytków TV Tower
  • Park Tradycji ("Tradition Park") at the old coal mine
  • Municipal Museum in an old granary
  • Municipal Bath
  • Palace of the Mieroszewskis and Donnersmarcks
  • Zameczek Palace (Rheinbaben Palace)
  • Town hall
  • Saint Michael Archangel church
  • Holy Cross church
  • Municipal Public Library
  • Siemianowice Culture Center
  • Brewery

Parks and squares

  • Park Miejski ("Municipal Park")
  • Park Górnik ("Miner Park")
  • Park Pszczelnik
  • Planty Michałkowickie
  • Skwer Laury ("Laura Square")
  • Plac Wolności ("Freedom Square")

Sports

The local football club is MKS Siemianowiczanka.[9] It competes in the lower leagues.

Notable people

Twin towns – sister cities

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

Siemianowice Śląskie is twinned with:[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Local Data Bank". Statistics Poland. Retrieved 16 August 2022. Data for territorial unit 2474000.
  2. European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) "Project 1.4.3". Archived from the original
    on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  3. ^ a b c d "Wojna rozpoczęła się w Michałkowicach…". siemianowice.slask.pl (in Polish). 30 August 2010. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  4. ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 135.
  5. ISSN 1641-9561
    .
  6. ^ "Polenlager Laurahütte". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Laurahütte". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Laurahütte". Memorial and Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  9. ^ "MKS Siemianowiczanka" (in Polish). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Miasta partnerskie". siemianowice.pl (in Polish). Siemianowice Śląskie. Retrieved 2020-03-11.

External links

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