Katowice

Katowice (pronounce: sound file [katɔ'vʲitsɛ], also known as Kattowitz in German) is a city in Poland. It is in the south of Poland in the historical region called Silesia on Kłodnica and Rawa river. It received city rights in 1865. Between 1953 and 1956 Katowice had the name Stalinogród - "Stalin City". It was given by the polish communists. There are about 315,123 people living there. The mayor of the city is Marcin Krupa. For a long period of time the city was ruled by Germans, as it was a part of Germany until 1918. There is a little airport called Airport Muchowiec. There are both modern and old buildings in Katowice. It was the center of the coal mining and metallurgy.

 Districts 

I. City 
 1. Śródmieście
 2. Koszutka
 3. Bogucice
 4. Osiedle Paderewskiego - Muchowiec
 II. North-Town 
 5. Załęże
 6. Osiedle Witosa
 7. Osiedle Tysiąclecia
 8. Dąb
 9. Wełnowiec - Józefowiec
 III. West-Town  
 10. Ligota - Panewniki
 11. Brynów - Osiedle Zgrzebnioka
 12. Brynów - Załęska Hałda IV. East-Town  
 13. Zawodzie
 14. Dąbrówka Mała
 15. Szopienice - Burowiec
 16. Janów - Nikiszowiec
 17. Giszowiec
V. South-Town  
 18. Murcki
 19. Piotrowice - Ochojec
 20. Zarzecze
 21. Kostuchna
 22. Podlesie

 Famous people from Katowice 
 Hans Bellmer, surrealist photographer
 Henryk M. Broder, journalist
 Maria Goeppert-Mayer
 Kurt Goldstein, neurologist
 Richard Herrmann, German footballer
 Jerzy Kukuczka 
 Kazimierz Kutz 
 Franz Leopold Neumann 
 Hans Sachs

 Twin towns 
 Cologne (Germany)
 Groningen (Netherlands)
 Miskolc (Hungary)
 Mobile, Alabama (United States)
 Odense (Denmark)
 Ostrava (Czech Republic)
 Saint-Étienne (France)

 References 

 Other websites 

 The Municipal Council of Katowice 
 The Commercial Website of Katowice
 Katowice, Silesia 
 A webcam view of Katowice 
 Hotel in Katowice 
 Tram in Katowice