Tarnowskie Góry

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Tarnowskie Góry
The market square (Rynek) in Tarnowskie Góry with the Neo-Romanesque Protestant church on the right side
Flag Coat of arms
Tarnowskie Góry
Coordinates: 50°27′N 18°52′E / 50.45, 18.867
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Tarnowskie Góry County
Gmina	Tarnowskie Góry (urban gmina)
Government
- Mayor	Arkadiusz Czech
Area
- Total	83.47 km² (32.2 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- Total	61,107
- Density	732.1/km² (1,896.1/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
- Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	42-600 do 42-609 oraz 42-680 i 42-612
Car plates	STA
Website: http://www.tarnowskiegory.pl/

Tarnowskie Góry [tarˈnɔfskjɛ ˈgurɨ] (German: Tarnowitz) is a town in southern Poland with 61,642 inhabitants (2005). Situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), it was previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the seat of Tarnowskie Góry County.

[edit] Personalities

• George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from the House of Hohenzollern, co-founder of Tarnowitz
• Alexander Kohut, talmudist and orientalist, rabbi of Tarnowitz (1865-67)
• Theodora Paula Helene von Limburg-Stirum, countess
• Jan Miodek, linguist
• Philipp Roth, cellist
• Józef Wandzik, footballer
• Carl Wernicke, physician and neuropathologist.
• Klaus Wyrtki, geophysicist

[edit] External links

• Municipal website
• Tarnowskie Góry - Portal Informacyjny (Polish)

Coordinates: 50°27′N, 18°51′E

v • d • e Gminas of Tarnowskie Góry County Urban gminas: Tarnowskie Góry (seat) • Kalety • Miasteczko Śląskie • Radzionków Rural gminas: Gmina Krupski Młyn • Gmina Ożarowice • Gmina Świerklaniec • Gmina Tworóg • Gmina Zbrosławice