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Panorama of the market square in Bytom.
Panorama of the market square in Bytom.
"Beuthen" redirects here. For Beuthen an der Oder, see Bytom Odrzański. Bytom Odrzański (Beuthen an der Oder is a town in Poland, in Lubuskie Voivodeship, in Nowa Sól County, on the Oder River.
Bytom
Main Square
Main Square
Flag of Bytom
Flag		 Coat of arms of Bytom
Coat of arms
Bytom (Poland)
Bytom
Bytom
Coordinates: 50°23′N 18°54′E / 50.383, 18.9
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County city county
Established 12th century
Town rights 1254
Government
 - Mayor Piotr Koj (Platforma Obywatelska)
Area
 - City 69. The coat of arms of Bytom is composed of two symbols Left half of shows a miner digging for smithsonit Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Voivodeship The voivodeship or province (województwo has been a high-level Administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century Silesian Voivodeship (also known as Silesia Province or by its Polish name of województwo śląskie or simply Śląskie) is a Voivodeship A powiat (pronounced; Polish plural powiaty) is the second-level unit of Local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a County Civic Platform ( Platforma Obywatelska, PO is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative Polish political party. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 43 km² (26. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 8 sq mi)
Highest elevation 330 m (1,083 ft)
Lowest elevation 249 m (817 ft)
Population (2007)
 - City 188,234
 - Density 2,711. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 1/km² (7,021. 8/sq mi)
 - Metro 3,487,000
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 41-900 to 41-936
Area code(s) +48 32
Car plates SY
Website: http://www.um.bytom.pl

Bytom [ˈbɨtɔm] (Image:Ltspkr.png listen) (German: Beuthen) is a city in southern Poland with 188,234 inhabitants (2007). A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST Central European Summer Time ( CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 Time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks In common with many Countries, Polish car number plates indicate the Region of Registration of the Vehicle encoded in the number plate The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Since 1999 it has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship, having previously been in the Katowice Voivodeship (1975-1998). Silesian Voivodeship (also known as Silesia Province or by its Polish name of województwo śląskie or simply Śląskie) is a Voivodeship Katowice Voivodeship (województwo katowickie was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975&ndash1998 superseded by the Bytom is one of the main cities of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union with greater metropolitan area populated by 3,487,000 people. Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, USMU also known under official name Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia MAUS (Górnośląski Związek Metropolitalny is a Union A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central

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History

Bytom is one of the oldest cities of Upper Silesia, having been known as Bitom in 1136 and Beuthen in 1450. Upper Silesia (Horní Slezsko Oberschlesien Latin: Silesia Superior; Górny Śląsk Silesian: Gůrny Ślůnsk) is the southeastern part It received city rights in 1254 and grew owing to its location on a strategic crossroads. German town law (Deutsches Stadtrecht or German municipal concerns ( Deutsches Städtewesen) concerns Town privileges used by many cities towns and villages In 1259 it was raided by the Mongols.

Bytom belonged originally to the Kingdom of Poland and became the seat of a Slavic Duchy of Bytom from 1281-1355. The Kingdom of Poland ( pol Królestwo Polskie, lat Regnum Poloniae, ukr The Duchy of Bytom (Księstwo Bytomskie or Duchy of Beuthen (Herzogtum Beuthen was one of many Duchies of Silesia. It was administered by the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1289. The Kingdom of Bohemia (České království Königreich Böhmen Regnum Bohemiae was a country in Central Europe. Due to German settlers coming to the area, the city was slowly Germanized. Germanisation (also spelled Germanization) is either the spread of the German language, people and culture either by force or Assimilation It came under control of the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria in 1526, which increased the influence of the German language. Habsburg Monarchy (alternatively Habsburg Empire) refers to the territories ruled by the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg, and then by the successor Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich The city became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1742 during the Silesian Wars and part of the German Empire in 1871. The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising The Silesian Wars were a series of wars between Prussia and Austria (and their changing allies for control of Silesia. The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification In 1945 it was transferred to Poland as a result of the Potsdam Conference. The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, Germany, from July 16, Its German population was largely expelled by the Polish and Soviet armies and replaced with Poles. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as The expulsion of Germans after World War II was the Forced migration and Ethnic cleansing of German nationals ( Reichsdeutsche) and ethnic The Polish people, or Poles, (Polacy) are a Western Slavic Ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland.

Bytom is a typical Polish post-industrial city. A post-industrial society is a society in which an economic transition has occurred from a manufacturing based economy to a service based economy, a diffusion The majority of its coal mines are now closed, while its steel mills are slowly fading. Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0 The city is struggling to transform its economic profile from industry to services. Bytom cooperates with two cities with more or less the same problems: Recklinghausen in Germany, and Butte-Silver Bow, United States. Recklinghausen (ʁɛklɪŋˈhaʊzən is a City in the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Butte (IPA) is a city in and the County seat of Silver Bow County, Montana, United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The city has a considerable unemployment rate which is centered in the poorest part of the city, Bobrek.

Coat of arms

One half of the coat of arms of Bytom depicts a miner mining coal, while the other half presents a yellow eagle on the blue field - the symbol of Upper Silesia. The coat of arms of Bytom is composed of two symbols Left half of shows a miner digging for smithsonit Upper Silesia (Horní Slezsko Oberschlesien Latin: Silesia Superior; Górny Śląsk Silesian: Gůrny Ślůnsk) is the southeastern part

Education

Culture

Silesian Opera
Silesian Opera

The Confederation of Silesia

Bytom is a place where The Confederation of Silesia - Polish Bonapartists origins. In French political history Bonapartism has two meanings In a strict sense this term refers to people who

Politics

Bytom/Gliwice/Zabrze constituency

Members of 2001-2005 Parliament (Sejm) elected from Bytom/Gliwice/Zabrze constituency

External links

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