Wełnowiec-Józefowiec (German: Hohenlohehütte-Josephsdorf) is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 3.15 km² and in 2007 had 15.924 inhabitants.[1]

Wełnowiec-Józefowiec
Katowice District
Wełnowiec-Józefowiec
Location of Wełnowiec-Józefowiec within Katowice
Coordinates: 50°16′48.575″N 19°01′13″E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County/City	Katowice
Area
• Total	3.15 km2 (1.22 sq mi)
Population  (2007)
• Total	15,924
• Density	5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	(+48) 032

The district consists of two historical settlements:

• Wełnowiec (German: Hohenlohehütte), first mentioned in the 17th century, initially a hamlet of Bogucice; before 1922 also known as Hohenlohehütte, after a local steel mill;
• Józefowiec (German: Josephsdorf), established in 1826 by rev. Józef Beder, a Catholic priest from Chorzów;

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  Hohenlohehütte in Wełnowiec, a picture from the 19th century
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  St Joseph church in Józefowiec

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