Zawodzie | |
|---|---|
 | |
 Location of Zawodzie within Katowice | |
| Coordinates: 50°15′30.513″N19°02′41.667″E / 50.25847583°N 19.04490750°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County/City | Katowice |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4 km2 (2 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 13,406 |
| • Density | 3,400/km2 (8,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | (+48) 032 |
Zawodzie (German : Zawodzie) is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 4 km2 and in 2007 had 13,406 inhabitants. [1]
Katowice is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. Katowice is a central part of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2.3 million, and a part of a larger Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area that extends into the Czech Republic and has a population of around 5 million people, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the European Union.
Częstochowa is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship. However, Częstochowa is historically part of the Lesser Poland region, not of Silesia, and before 1795, it belonged to the Kraków Voivodeship. Częstochowa is located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland. It is the largest economic, cultural and administrative hub in the northern part of the Silesian Voivodeship.
GKS Katowice is a Polish professional football club based in Katowice. They currently compete in the Ekstraklasa in the 2024–25 season after gaining promotion from the I liga in 2024.
Katowice Wojciech Korfanty Airport is an international airport, located in Pyrzowice, 30 km (19 mi) north of Katowice, Poland. The airport is named after Wojciech Korfanty, a politician of the early years of Polish independence. It is the fourth-busiest airport in Poland by passenger volumes, with 5.6 million passengers in 2023. It is also the second-busiest airport in the country by cargo volume and the largest origin of charter flights in Poland.
University of Economics in Katowice is a public higher education institution in Katowice, Poland.
Dąb is a district of Katowice, located in the northern part of the city, by the Rawa. It has an area of 1.86 km2 and in 2007 had 7,694 inhabitants.
Murcki is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 41,53 km2 and in 2007 had 5,796 inhabitants.
Dąbrówka Mała is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 3.68 km2 and in 2007 had 5,411 inhabitants.
Janów-Nikiszowiec is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 8.65 km2 and in 2007 had 11,496 inhabitants.
Osiedle Paderewskiego–Muchowiec is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 7.42 km2 and in 2007 had 12,253 inhabitants.
Śródmieście is a district (dzielnica) of the city of Katowice in southern Poland. It has an area of 3.81 km2 and in 2007 had 35,927 inhabitants.
Gmina Poczesna is a rural gmina in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Poczesna, which lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Częstochowa and 53 km (33 mi) north of the regional capital Katowice.
Zawodzie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wielgomłyny, within Radomsko County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland. It lies approximately 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-west of Wielgomłyny, 20 km (12 mi) east of Radomsko, and 84 km (52 mi) south of the regional capital Łódź.
Zawodzie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Poczesna, within Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Poczesna, 12 km (7 mi) south of Częstochowa, and 52 km (32 mi) north of the regional capital Katowice.
The Katowice urban area, also known as the Upper Silesian urban area, is an urban area/conurbation in southern Poland, centered on Katowice. It is located in the Silesian Voivodeship. The Katowice urban area is the largest urban area in Poland and 22nd largest urban area in the European Union. According to Demographia, its population is 1,903,000.
TVP3 Katowice a.k.a. TV Katowice also Television Katowice is one of the regional branches of the TVP, Poland's public television broadcaster. It serves the entire Silesian Voivodeship with particular dedication to the Metropolis GZM and Katowice metropolitan area.
Akademia Lospuma Training Institute is a higher education institution originally located in Jaworzno, Poland. The Institute is the largest funding organisation in Poland supporting the international exchange of students and scholars. Since its establishment, more than 1000 scholars in Poland and abroad have received the ALPIS funding. It is a registered association with Limited liability and its members are Polish, German and Hungarian institutions of higher education and student bodies.
The Katowice massacre or the Bloody Monday in Katowice that took place on 4 September 1939 was one of the largest war crimes of the Wehrmacht during its invasion of Poland. On that day, German Wehrmacht soldiers aided by the Freikorps militia executed about 80 of the Polish defenders of the city. Those defenders were self-defense militia volunteers, including former Silesian Insurgents, Polish Boy and Girl Scouts, and possibly a number of Polish soldier stragglers from retreating Polish regular forces who joined the militia.
FERRUM SA is an ironworks established in 1874, located in Katowice at 11 Porcelanowa Street, in the Zawodzie district in Poland. The key producer of large diameter steel pipes in Poland. The company's products are used, among others, in petrochemical industry, heating, water and sewage networks, in hydrotechnics, energy and construction. It is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Alstom Citadis 100 are two series of low-floor trams from the Citadis family, produced at Konstal's plant in Chorzów from 1999 to 2001. A total of 21 units were built, currently operated in Gdańsk and the Silesian Interurbans.
| I. Central District |
|  |
|---|---|---|
| II. Northern District |
| |
| III. Western District | ||
| IV. Eastern District |
| |
| V. Southern District |
| |
 | This Silesian Voivodeship location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |