Czeladz
Encyclopedia
Czeladź ' is a town
in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland
, near Katowice
. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union
- metropolis with a population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands
, on the Brynica
river (tributary of the Vistula).
It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship
since its formation in 1999, previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship
. Czeladź is one of the cities of the 2,7 million conurbation - Katowice urban area
and within a greater Silesian metropolitan area
populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the town is 34,072 (2008).
Founded in the 13th century, Czeladz was granted city status in 1262. In the years 1434 - 1790, it belonged to the Duchy of Siewierz
. In the 19th century, Czeladz became an important mining center, with the Saturn coal mine opened there in late 19th century. It also was a main center of Jewish culture, destroyed in the Holocaust.
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Town
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in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie in southern Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, near Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union
Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union
The Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia or Upper Silesia Metroplex, Silesia Metroplex / Silesia Metroplex is a union of 14 adjacent cities in the Polish province of Silesia....
- metropolis with a population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands
Silesian Highlands
Silesian Highlands are highlands located in Silesia and Lesser Poland, Poland. It is the part of Lesser Poland Highlands Its highest point is the Mountain of St. Anne .-See also:...
, on the Brynica
Brynica
Brynica is a river in Silesia and Lesser Poland , Poland. It has a length of 55 km and is the main confluence of Czarna Przemsza. It has a source in Wymysłów, and flows through Piekary Śląskie, Wojkowice, Czeladź, Siemianowice Śląskie, Świerklaniec, Katowice, Sosnowiec and finally Mysłowice...
river (tributary of the Vistula).
It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...
since its formation in 1999, previously it was in Katowice Voivodeship
Katowice Voivodeship
Katowice Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–1998, superseded by the Silesian Voivodeship...
. Czeladź is one of the cities of the 2,7 million conurbation - Katowice urban area
Katowice urban area
The Katowice urban area, also known as the Upper Silesian urban area, is an urban area/conurbation in southern Poland. It is located in the Silesian Voivodeship and in a small part of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship. The Katowice urban area is the largest urban area in Poland and one of the largest...
and within a greater Silesian metropolitan area
Silesian metropolitan area
The Upper Silesian metropolitan area is the metropolitan area in southern Poland and northeast Czech Republic, centered on the cities of Katowice and Ostrava in Silesia...
populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the town is 34,072 (2008).
Founded in the 13th century, Czeladz was granted city status in 1262. In the years 1434 - 1790, it belonged to the Duchy of Siewierz
Duchy of Siewierz
The Duchy of Siewierz was a Silesian duchy with its capital in Siewierz. The area was part of the original Duchy of Silesia established after the death of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth in 1138 during the times of the fragmentation of Poland....
. In the 19th century, Czeladz became an important mining center, with the Saturn coal mine opened there in late 19th century. It also was a main center of Jewish culture, destroyed in the Holocaust.
Famous people from Czeladź
- Czesław Słania, postage stamp engraver
- Abraham Nahum StenclAbraham Nahum Stencl-Life:Stencl was born in Czeladź in south-western Poland, and studied at the yeshiva in Sosnowice, where his brother was rabbi.He left home in 1917; he joined a Zionist community, the HeHalutz Group. His views were not in fact Zionist, but the agricultural work appealed...
(Avrom-Nokhem Shtentsl), Ashkenazi poet - Rabbi Shlomo Stencl - the town Rabbi
Twin towns — Sister cities
Czeladź is twinned with: AubyAuby
-Twin towns — Sister cities:Aubergenville is twinned with: Czeladź in Poland-References:* -External links:*...
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...