Dąbrowa Górnicza
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  Dąbrowa Górnicza
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| Country |  Poland |
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| Voivodeship | Silesian | ||
| County | city county | ||
| Town rights | 1916 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Mayor | Zbigniew Podraza | ||
| Area | |||
| - City | 188 km² (72.6 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2006) | |||
| - City | 129,753 | ||
| - Density | 690.2/km² (1,787.5/sq mi) | ||
| - Metro | 3,487,000 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 41-300 to 42-530 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 32 | ||
| Car plates | SD | ||
| Sister cities: -  Ukraine |
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| Website: http://www.dabrowa-gornicza.pl/ | |||
Dąbrowa Górnicza [dɔmˈbrɔva gurˈnit͡ʂa] (
listen) is a city in southern Poland with 140,000 inhabitants (1999) and a territory of 177 km², in a region called Zagłębie Dąbrowskie.
Since 1999 it has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975 to 1998 it was in the Katowice Voivodeship.
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[edit] History
It started to grow in 19th century, after the discovery of coal near the city. The Huta Bankowa steel works, which is still a going concern, was built in Dabrowa Gornicza in 1834. The 1970s saw the construction of the Huta Katowice steel works, which is nowadays the biggest steel producing plant in Poland. Now it is divided into many small parts working on their own. In the 1990s all coal mines there had been closed, because of lack of coal. But the oldest part of the town Reden still exists.
[edit] Education
- Silesian Technical University, Faculty of Chemistry, Industrial and Environmental Chemistry course
- Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu
- Wyższa Szkoła Planowania Strategicznego
[edit] Famous people born in Dąbrowa Górnicza
- Janusz Gajos (b. 1939), actor
- Karol Adamiecki (1866–1933), economist, engineer
- Sobieslaw Zasada (b. 1930), rally driver, businessman
[edit] Etymology of name
Before begin of city area of city was covered by Oak Forest (In Polish: Dąbrowa, Oak = Dąb). In XIX century in this city were a lot of mines. At the beginning the city was called Old Dąbrowa (Old = Stara). After the year 1916 it was named Dąbrowa Górnicza (Oak Mine).
[edit] External links
- The City of Dabrowa Gornicza
- Encyclopaedia Britannica Dabrowa Gornicza
- Dabrowa Gornicza page for investors
- Wirtual walk around Dabrowa Gornicza
- Forum about Dabrowa Gornicza
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