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.
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| Coordinates: 50°18′N 18°47′E / 50.3°N 18.783°E | |||
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| County | city county | ||
| Established | thirteenth century | ||
| Town rights | 1922 | ||
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| - Mayor | Małgorzata Mańka-Szulik | ||
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| - 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., Silesian: Zobře) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union is a metropolis with a population of around 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder).
Zabrze is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship which was reformulated in 1999, previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship. It is one of the cities within the 2,7 million conurbation - Katowice urban area and in a greater Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people[1]. The population of Zabrze as of 2008, is 189,062 [2].
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Biskupice (Biskupitz), which is now a subdivision of Zabrze, was first mentioned in 1243 as Biscupici dicitur cirka Bitom. Zabrze (later Alt-Zabrze) was mentioned in 1295-1305 as Sadbre sive Cunczindorf. In the Late Middle Ages, the local Silesian Piast dukes invited German settlers into the territory resulting in increasing German settlement. Zabrze became part of the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria in 1526, and was later annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia during the Silesian Wars. In 1774, the Dorotheendorf settlement was founded. When the first mine in Zabrze became operational in 1790, the town became an important mining center. 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 in honor of Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg. When Upper Silesia was divided between Poland and Germany in 1921, Hindenburg remained in Germany. It received its city charter in 1922. Following World War II, the city was assigned to Poland in 1945 and its previous name was restored, on May 19, 1945, to Zabrze. Most of the German inhabitants were expelled.
Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Bytom/Gliwice/Zabrze constituency
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.
Zabrze is twinned with these cities:
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