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Zabrze
Wolności Street
Wolności Street
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Flag		 Coat of arms of Zabrze
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Zabrze (Poland)
Zabrze
Zabrze
Coordinates: 50°18′N 18°47′E / 50.3, 18.783
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
County city county
Established 13th century
Town rights 1922
Government
 - Mayor Małgorzata Mańka-Szulik
Area
 - City 80. 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 Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 47 km² (31. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 1 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - City 190,610
 - Density 2,368. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 7/km² (6,134. 9/sq mi)
 - Metro 3,487,000
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.zabrze.pl/

Zabrze [ˈzabʐɛ] (Image:Ltspkr.png listen) (German: Zabrze, from 1915-1945 Hindenburg) is a city in southern Poland with 194,041 inhabitants (2004). 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 Zabrze is part of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, the largest legally-recognized urban entity in Poland with a population of 2. Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, USMU also known under official name Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia MAUS (Górnośląski Związek Metropolitalny is a Union 2 mln. The population of the metropolitan area is 3,487,000 (2004). 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 Zabrze is situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999); previously, it was in Katowice Voivodship (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

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History

Zabrze was first mentioned as a village in the 13th century. Beginning in the Late Middle Ages, the local Silesian Piast dukes invited German settlers to the territory resulting in increasing Germanization of the area. The Late Middle Ages is a term used by historians to describe European history in the period of the 14th and 15th centuries (AD 1300–1499 Etymology One theory claims that the name Silesia is derived from the Silingi, who were most likely a Vandalic (East Germanic people Piast dynasty is the name used since the 17th century for Polish Royal Dynasty that ruled Poland from its beginnings as Duchy ruled by Mieszko The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as Germanisation (also spelled Germanization) is either the spread of the German language, people and culture either by force or Assimilation Zabrze was inherited by the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria in 1526 and was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia during the 18th century Silesian Wars. 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 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. Zabrze became an important site for mining in the German Empire upon its foundation in 1871. Mining is the extraction of valuable Minerals or other geological materials from the earth usually (but not always from an Ore body 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 The settlement received its city charter in 1922. A city charter or town charter (generically municipal charter) is a legal Document establishing a Municipality such as a City or

Zabrze was officially renamed Hindenburg in 1915 to honor Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg; the new name was used until 1945-05-19. Field Marshal General, in German Generalfeldmarschall ( (usually translated simply as Field marshal, and sometimes written only as Feldmarschall Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg ( known universally as Paul von Hindenburg ( ( October 2, 1847 &ndash August 2 Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and After the city became part of Poland in that year following World War II, the original name Zabrze was restored and most of the remaining German inhabitants were expelled according to the Potsdam Conference. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The expulsion of Germans after World War II was the Forced migration and Ethnic cleansing of German nationals ( Reichsdeutsche) and ethnic The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm Hohenzollern, in Potsdam, Germany, from July 16,

Politics

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

Sport

Economy

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. Górnik Zabrze ( pron ˈgurɲik ˈzabʐɛ) is a Polish football club from Zabrze. In Poland, Football (soccer is the most popular sport. Over 400000 Poles play football regularly while millions more The Polish Cup in football (Puchar Polski is an elimination tournament for Polish Football clubs held continuously from 1950 and The Polish Super Cup in football (official Polish title "Superpuchar Polski") is an annually held match between the Champion of the ( Polish 1st league Hockey is any of a family of Sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a Ball, or a hard round rubber or heavy plastic disc called a puck The Colorado Avalanche are a professional Ice hockey team based in Denver Colorado, United States The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Manufacturing (from Latin manu factura, "making by hand" is the use of tools and labor to make things for use or sale Coal mining is the extraction or removal of Coal from the Earth by Mining. Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 A wire is a single usually cylindrical, elongated string of drawn Metal. Glass in the common sense refers to a Hard, Brittle, transparent Solid, such as that used for Windows many A chemical substance is a Material with a definite chemical composition. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of Beer, though beer can be made in the home and has been for much of beer's history

Panorama of city
Panorama of city

Sister cities

Zabrze is twinned with the following cities:

External links

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