MY REGION - M Y LITTLE HOMELAND. Poland is located in Central Europe bordered by the Baltic Sea to the north. The total area of Poland is 312,679 square.

MY REGIONMY REGION- M- MY LITTLE Y LITTLE HOMELANDHOMELAND

Poland is located in Central Europe bordered by the Baltic Sea to the north.

The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometres, and the population is over 38 milion people.

TOTAL AREA:

12 333,51 km²

POPULATION:

4 638 462 people

DENSITY :

376 people/km²

URBANIZATION:

78,4%

REGIONAL OFFICE:

KATOWICE

Historical and geographical region in western part of

Lesser Poland bordered by Upper Sillesia. It is north-east part of Upper Silesian Industrial

Region.

The adjective "dąbrowskie" comes

from the name of one of most

important industrial city of the region

– Dąbrowa Górnicza.

TOTAL AREA:37,08 KM²POPULATION:58 604 FOUNDED IN:IX CENTURYLORD MAYOR:ŁUKASZ KOMONIEWSKI

TOTAL AREA:16,38 KM²POPULATION:33 556FOUNDED IN:1228 LORD MAYOR:TERESA KOSMALA

TOTAL AREA:91,06 KM²POPULATION:217 638PRESIDENT:KAZIMIERZ GÓRSKI

TOATAL AREA:188,73 KM²POPULATION:127 431PRESIDENT:ZBIGNIEW PODRAZA

Dąbrowa Górnicza is a city of contrasts. Despite its industrial character you can see a

lot of precious specimen of plants and animals.

Parodoxically, within city’s administrative area there are over 60 protected plant

species, that is more than in most national parks.

Dąbrowa Górnicza is situated by the bifurcation of

the two longest rivers of Silesian Uplands - Biała and Czarna Przemsza.

The first mention of Dąbrowa Górnicza appeared in 1726 in parish register of The Holy Trinity Church in

Będzin.

In 1795, as a result of the third partition of Poland, Dąbrowa

was incorporated into Prussia (New Silesia). In 1799 the first historic map of this area was

drawn. According to the map the early town was known as „Old

Dąbrowa”.

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries Dąbrowa was the biggest centre of the technical intelligentsia in Zagłębie, due to the School of Mining Engineering called „Sztygarka”. The history of this school is full of glorious episodes of Polish mining and revolutionary conflicts.

DĄBROWA - GÓRNICZ ZWANĄ

A long, long time ago a small village situated between oak groves was owned by the Koniecpolski family. They

changed the common name of „Dąbrowa” into „Koniecpolskie”. The property was managed by a very

spiteful man whose favourite saying was „to hell with you”. The hellish ‘authorities’ were irritated by the man but they didn’t know how to stalk him to make his soul burn in the

cauldron of soot because he was a very religious man.

One day he suggested as a joke to a good-natured lumberjack cutting down a large oak grove. The lumberjack was supposed to be paid after the work is done. He knew that this job would take at least one month of

hard work. One of the devils took on human appearance and got the job as a woodcutter. During one night he cut down whole forest and in the morning he went to the owner to

receive the payment. The owner was absolutely astonished and he didn’t pay the whole sum of money. The devil came back to

hell and told about the incident. That was exactly the hellish ‘authorities’ waited for!

The devil got back to the owner to point out his mistake. The said as usually „to hell with me if I cheated you”. As he said that, the devils took his

soul to hell. When Koniecpolski found out about it, he decided to sell his possessions to the government.

The area was called „Dąbrowa” again and when coal was found the nickname „Górnicza” was

added.

ECONOMYThe main branches of economy of the Silesian

Voivodeship are services and industry. The least number of people work in farming and

forestry. In Dąbrowa Górnicza there is the largest

Steelworks Arcelor Mittal Poland (former Huta Katowice) and a coking plant Przyjaźń.

Within few last years, on the area of Dąbrowa Górnicza a lot of production plants and workshops have been built, including branches such as:

building materials

logistics

automotive industry and electrical appliances

glass production

heavy industry and plastics

Bankowa Steelworks- a smelting industry production

plant with over 160-year tradition of Polish metallurgy.

Katowice Steelworks- a production plant that deals

mainly with ferrous metallurgy.

The Zagłębie Palace of Culture

It was built between 1951-58, in accordance with

Zbigniew Rzepecki’s project. It was open on 11th January 1958r and initially was named "Dąbrowa’s

Palace of Culture", then the name was changed into „The Zagłębie Palace of Culture”. Offering a lot of

diverse forms of communing with art and culture is still the main function of the palace. Apart from this it

also promotes and disseminates folk culture.

It came into existence inIt came into existence in 1906. The collection of

the library: CD’s, cassettes, antique books, engravings, cartographies, transparencies,

multimedia, social life records and documents, foreign-language books.

The library was initially in The Zagłębie Palace of

Culture then in 2007 it was moved to a new building.

The origins of the museum date back to 1912 when it was the residence of the Museum of Geology. First exhibits were collected by the students of the School of Mining Engineering. During the I

WW the exhibits were stolen and dispersed.

Through many years the museum was also an educational institution.

In 1997 the Municipal Museum „Sztygarka” was open.

Youth Centre in Dąbrowa Górnicza is a thriving

educational institution. It offers a wide of art and cultural activities that meet children and teenagers’ expectations. Nowadays it is one of the most important educational and cultral institution in

our region.

The Błędowska Desert

The biggest (in Central Europe) accumulation of loose sands away from the sea (about 33 km ²) in the Silesian Uplands. It stretches out between Błędów and the village of Klucze. In the north it borders on the village of Chechło and in the south on the wooded areas. The desert is 10 km long and 4 km wide. The average thickness of sands is 40m (up to 70m). The Biała Przemsza river runs through the Błędowska Desert . During the Second World War, the area was used by the German Afrika Korps for training and testing equipment before deployment in Africa.

The Aquapark ,,NEMO”

A recreation and sports centre with pools, saunas

and slides situated in the central park. The Aquapark „Nemo” is the largest complex of pools in the Silesian Voivodeship. „Nemo” offers a wide

range of various leisure activities such as bowling, disco, bars and salt caverns – almost for

every age group.

Zielona Park” came into existence in 1932. It in

the past it used to be only an oak grove. Nowadays it has plenty species of broadleaved trees. The total area is 67 ha. With its cosy and unforgettable atmosphere the park is a perfect

place for leisure activities in the spring and summer.

The Haller’s Park in Dąbrowa Górnicza

The Haller’s Park is located in the city centre of Dabrowa Górnicza. Between 2004-2005 it was

completely renowated. Also the Aquapark „Nemo” and Sports Centre were open. The Park

is a place where a lot of events are held. (Days of Dąbrowa and many others).

The Będzin Castle - an important mediewal fortification was erected during the reign of Casimir III the Great. Repeatedly destroyed the castle was finally rebuilt in

1956. The castle became the site of a museum, Zagłębie Museum in 1956. The museum has several

collections: one of armament, from medieval to World War II times; second dedicated to the history of the

Będzin Castle; third to the castles of the other nearby castles founded by Casimir the Great (Eagle Nests

Trail or Szlak Orlich Gniazd) and the final one, to the military history of the Będzin region.

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