Sosnowiec ([sɔˈsnɔvʲɛt͡s]; German: Sosnowitz) is a city county in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland and also part of the Silesian Metropolis municipal association. Located in the eastern part of the Upper Silesian Industrial Region, it is one of the cities of the Katowice urban area – a 2.7-million-person conurbation – and within a greater Upper Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people.
Population: 227,295
Latitude: 50° 17' 12.55" N
Longitude: 19° 06' 13.86" E
Drapacz Chmur (English: Skyscraper) is a historical building in Katowice, Silesia, Poland. It was the first skyscraper built in post-World War I Poland. Finished in 1934 after five years of construction, it made pioneering Polish use of steel frame …
Brynica (German: Brinitz) is a river in Silesia and Lesser Poland (Małopolska), Poland. It has a length of 55 km and is the main confluence of Czarna Przemsza.
Śródmieście [ɕrudˈmjeɕt͡ɕe] ("city centre") is a district (dzielnica) of the city of Katowice in southern Poland.
Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice is a school of music of university level in Poland.
The Silesian Planetarium also Silesian Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory (Polish: Planetarium Śląskie Polish: Śląskie Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne) is the largest and oldest planetarium in Poland. It was founded on 4 December 195…
Silesia City Center is a shopping mall in Katowice, Silesia, Poland.
Parachute Tower Katowice (Polish: Wieża spadochronowa w Katowicach) is a 50 metre tall lattice parachute tower built in 1937 for training parachute jumps.
Altus (also known as Uni Centrum or Business Center 2000) is a skyscraper in Katowice, Silesia, Poland.
Świerklaniec [ɕfjɛrˈklaɲɛt͡s] (German: Neudeck) is a village in Tarnowskie Góry County, in the Silesian Voivodeship of southwestern Poland.
Wujek Coal Mine (Polish: Kopalnia Wujek) is a coal mine in Katowice, Poland.
Silesian Museum (Polish: Muzeum Śląskie) is a museum in the city of Katowice, Poland.
Pyrzowice [pɨʐɔˈvit͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Ożarowice, within Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) east of Ożarowice, 15 km (9 mi) east of Tarnow…
Katowice-Muchowiec Airport (Polish: Lotnisko Katowice-Muchowiec, ICAO code: EPKM) is a general aviation (mainly sport use) airport in the Muchowiec neighbourhood of Katowice, Poland.
Katowice International Fair (Polish: Międzynarodowe Targi Katowickie, MTK) is an international trade fair in Katowice and one of the largest in Poland (the largest being the Poznań International Fair).
The Rondo Generała Jerzego Ziętka in Katowice is the roundabout in the centre of the city, in the Silesian Voivodship in southern Poland.
Imielin [iˈmʲɛlʲin] is a small town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - metropolis with the population of 2 millions.
The Pałac Goldsteinów or Goldstein Palace is neo-renaissance palace, which was built by two brothers, Abraham and Joseph Goldstein.
Archikatedra Chrystusa Króla w Katowicach (English: Archcathedral of Christ the King in Katowice) is a classicist archcathedral in Katowice-Śródmieście, Katowice, Poland.