Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email
Answers.com

Zabrze

 
Dictionary: Zab·rze   (zäb'zhĕ) pronunciation
 
Home > Library > Travel > Dictionary - Places

A city of south-central Poland west of Katowice. Founded in the 13th century, it passed to Prussia in 1742 and was ceded to Poland in 1945. Population: 191,000.

 

Search unanswered questions...

Enter a word or phrase...
All Community Q&A Reference topics

 
Columbia Encyclopedia: Zabrze
Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Columbia Encyclopedia
Zabrze (zäb'zhĕ) , Ger. Hindenburg, city (1992 est. pop. 202,800), Śląskie prov., S Poland. It is a railway junction in the Katowice mining and industrial region. Local coal deposits form the basis of Zabrze's coke and chemical industries. Founded in the 13th cent., Zabrze passed to Prussia in 1742. The city was renamed in 1915 in honor of German Field Marshal von Hindenburg; its old name was restored when it was ceded to Poland in 1945.

 
Wikipedia: Zabrze
Top
Home > Library > Miscellaneous > Wikipedia
This article is on the city in Poland, see Hindenburg (disambiguation)
Zabrze
Wolności Street
Wolności Street
Flag of Zabrze
Flag		 Coat of arms of Zabrze
Coat of arms
Zabrze is located in Poland
Zabrze
Zabrze
Coordinates: 50°18′N 18°47′E / 50.3°N 18.783°E / 50.3; 18.783
Country  Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County city county
Established thirteenth century
Town rights 1922
Government
 - Mayor Małgorzata Mańka-Szulik
Area
 - City 80.40 km2 (31 sq mi)
Population (2008)
 - City 189,062
 - Density 2,351.5/km2 (6,090.4/sq mi)
 - Urban 2,746,000
 - Metro 5,294,000
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 41-800 to 41-820
Area code(s) +48 32
Car plates SZ
Website http://www.um.zabrze.pl/

Zabrze [ˈzabʐɛ] ( listen) (German: Hindenburg O.S.) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (tributary of the Oder).

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship. Zabrze is one of the cities of the 2,7 million conurbation - Katowice urban area and within a greater Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people[1]. The population of the city is 189,062 (2008)[2].

Contents

History

Biskupice (Biskupitz), which is now a Zabrze subdivision, was first mentioned in 1243 as Biscupici dicitur cirka Bitom. Zabrze (later Alt-Zabrze) was mentioned in 1295-1305 as Sadbre sive Cunczindorf. Beginning in the Late Middle Ages, the local Silesian Piast dukes invited German settlers to the territory resulting in increasing German settlement of the area. Zabrze was inherited by the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria in 1526 and was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia during the 18th century Silesian Wars. In 1774 nearby Dorotheendorf settlement was founded. With the first mine opened in Zabrze in 1790, the town became an important site for mining in 19th century. When Upper Silesia was partitioned between Poland and Germany in 1921, Zabrze remained in Germany. The settlement received its city charter in 1922.

In 1905 the Zabrze commune was formed by the former communes Alt-Zabrze, Klein-Zabrze and Dorotheendorf. The Zabrze commune was renamed Hindenburg in 1915 to honor Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. In 1922 the commune and other places were formed into a new city, named Hindenburg. After the city became part of Poland in that year following World War II the city was renamed on May 19, 1945 in Zabrze and most of the remaining German inhabitants were expelled according to the Potsdam Conference.

Politics

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Bytom/Gliwice/Zabrze constituency

  • Chojnacki Jan, SLD-UP
  • Dulias Stanisław, Samoobrona
  • Gałażewski Andrzej, PO
  • Janik Ewa, SLD-UP
  • Kubica Józef, SLD-UP
  • Martyniuk Wacław, SLD-UP
  • Okoński Wiesław, SLD-UP
  • Szarama Wojciech, PiS
  • Szumilas Krystyna, PO
  • Widuch Marek, SLD-UP

Sport

Economy

Like other towns in this populous region, it is an important manufacturing centre, having coal-mines, iron, wire, glass, chemical and oil works, breweries, etc.

Panorama of city

Sister cities

Zabrze is twinned with the following cities:

References

  1. ^ European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) [1]
  2. ^ Powierzchnia i ludność w przekroju terytorialnym w 2008 - Central Statistical Office in Poland ISSN 1505-5507 , 13.08.2008

External links

Sister project Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Zabrze
v • d • e
Counties of Silesian Voivodeship
City counties Coat of arms of Silesian Voivodeship
Land counties

Coordinates: 50°18′N 18°47′E / 50.3°N 18.783°E / 50.3; 18.783


This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

 
 
Learn More
Hindenburg
Krystain Zimerman (music)
Krystian Zimerman

Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:

 

Copyrights:

Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Columbia Encyclopedia. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/cup/  Read more
Wikipedia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Zabrze".  Read more