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Siemianowice Śląskie also known as Siemianowice (Polish pronunciation: [ɕɛmjanɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈɕlɔ̃skʲɛ]; German: Siemianowitz-Laurahütte; Silesian: Siymianowice) is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice, in its central district in the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million people and is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river (tributary of the Vistula).

Siemianowice Śląskie
City Hall
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Coordinates: 50°16′33″N 18°59′9″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	city county
Established	13th century
City rights	1932
Government
• City mayor	Rafał Piech
Area
• Total	25.5 km2 (9.8 sq mi)
Highest elevation	295 m (968 ft)
Lowest elevation	260 m (850 ft)
Population  (31 December 2021)
• Total	65,684 [1]
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	41-100 to 41-106
Area code	+48 32
Car plates	SI
Primary airport	Katowice Airport
Website	http://www.siemianowice.pl

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then in the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Siemianowice is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation, the Katowice urban area, at the heart of the greater Silesian 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 dates back to medieval Piast-ruled 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 September 1, 1939, the first day of the German invasion of Poland and World War II, there was a skirmish between German saboteurs and the Polish self-defense in the present-day district of Michałkowice.[3] German saboteurs then entered the local mine, taking several dozen Polish miners as hostages.[3] After a battle, Polish troops and volunteers, including members of the "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 September 8, 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

• Adient ( United States, Car Parts Manufacturing)
• Arcelor Mittal ( Luxembourg, Steel Manufacturing)
• Fastening Elements Factory ( Poland, Fastening Hardware Manufacturing)
• Rosomak S.A. ( Poland, Defence Systems)
• Fabud ( Poland, Building Company)
• Huhtamäki ( Finland, Specialty Packaging Products)

Notable architectural structures

• 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
• 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

Siemianowice Śląskie is twinned with:[10]

References

• This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in the Polish Wikipedia (December 2008)

External links

• Jewish Community in Siemianowice Śląskie on Virtual Shtetl
• Sights
• Old photos

На других языках

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[de] Siemianowice Śląskie

Siemianowice Śląskie [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ɕɛmʲanɔˈvʲit ͡sɛ ˈɕlɔ̃skʲɛ] (1923–1927: Huta Laura-Siemianowice) ist eine Industriestadt im Süden Polens in der Woiwodschaft Schlesien. Die kreisfreie Stadt liegt etwa sechs Kilometer nördlich von Katowice im Oberschlesischen Industriegebiet. Die Stadt entstand 1927 durch den Zusammenschluss der bis dahin selbstständigen Gemeinden Siemianowice (deutsch: Siemianowitz) sowie Huta Laura (Laurahütte) und erhielt 1932 das Stadtrecht.

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- [en] Siemianowice Śląskie

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[ru] Семяновице-Слёнске

Семянови́це-Слёнске (польск. Siemianowice Śląskie [ɕɛmjanɔˈvit͡sɛ ˈɕlɔ̃skʲɛ], сил. Śymjanowicy, нем. Siemianowitz) — город в Польше, входит в Силезское воеводство. Имеет статус городского повята. Занимает площадь 25,5 км². Население: 72 869 человек (на 2005 год).

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