Siemianowice Śląskie | |
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  Siemianowice Śląskie | |
| Coordinates:50°16′33″N18°59′9″E / 50.27583°N 18.98583°E /50.27583; 18.98583 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship |  Silesian |
| County | city county |
| Established | 13th century |
| City rights | 1932 |
| Government | |
| • City mayor | Rafał Piech (PJJ) |
| 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] |
| • Density | 2,580/km2 (6,670/sq mi) |
| 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 |
Siemianowice Śląskie (Polish pronunciation:[ɕɛmjanɔˈvit͡sɛˈɕlɔ̃skʲɛ];German:Siemianowitz-Laurahütte;Silesian:Śymjanowice Ślůnskje) also known asSiemianowice is acity inUpper Silesia in southernPoland,[2] nearKatowice, in the core of theMetropolis GZM - a metropolis with a population of 2 million people and is located in theSilesian Highlands, on theBrynica river (tributary of theVistula).
It is situated in theSilesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously inKatowice Voivodeship, and before then in theAutonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Siemianowice is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation, theKatowice urban area, at the heart of the greaterKatowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people.[3] The population of the city is 65,684 (2021).[1] Siemianowice Śląskie borders six cities:Piekary Śląskie,Chorzów,Czeladź,Będzin,Wojkowice, and the voivodeship capital Katowice.
There are three hypothetical explanations for the origins of the name Siemianowice: either it comes from seven huts which were called Siedminowice/Siedmionowice inOld Polish; from the old legend about Siemion (Siemian), Michał and Maciej, or Siemion, Michał and Jakub; or it comes fromziemia nawa which means earth taken away from water.
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Siemianowice dates back tomedievalPiast-ruledPoland. It was probably first mentioned in documents in 1253.
In 1924, Siemianowice and Huta Laury communes were merged. The new city was namedSiemianowice Śląskie and gainedtown privileges in 1932.
On 1 September 1939, the first day of the Germaninvasion of Poland andWorld War II, there was a skirmish between German saboteurs and the Polish self-defense in the present-day district of Michałkowice.[4] German saboteurs then entered the local mine, taking several dozenPolish miners as hostages.[4] After a battle, Polish troops and volunteers, including members of the"Sokół" Polish Gymnastic Society andboy scouts, recaptured the mine.[4] There were deaths on both sides, and the Poles also captured dozens of German saboteurs.[4] The Germans eventually invaded and captured the city in the following days, and already on 8 September 1939 the GermanFreikorps murdered six Poles in the city.[5] In September 1939, the GermanEinsatzgruppe I operated in the city and committed variouscrimes against the Polish population.[6] During theGerman occupation, twoforced labour camps were established and operated in the city: one for Poles (Polenlager)[7] and one forJews.[8] In April 1944, the Germans also established asubcamp of theAuschwitz concentration camp, in which over 900 people were held and subjected to forced labour.[9] In January 1945, the prisoners of the subcamp were taken to theMauthausen concentration camp,[9] 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.
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The localfootball club is MKS Siemianowiczanka.[10] It competes in the lower leagues.
Siemianowice Śląskie istwinned with:[11]
Câmpia Turzii, Romania
Jablunkov, Czech Republic
Köthen, Germany
Mohács, Hungary
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