Chorzów, the Glossary
Chorzów (Königshütte; Chorzōw) is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice.[1]
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- Cities with powiat rights
- Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939)
- Soviet World War II crimes in Poland
A4 autostrada (Poland)
The A4 autostrada in Poland is a long east–west motorway that runs through southern Poland, along the north side the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains, from the Polish-German border at Zgorzelec-Görlitz (connecting to the A4 autobahn), through Wrocław, Opole, Gliwice, Katowice, Kraków, Tarnów and Rzeszów, to the Polish-Ukrainian border at Korczowa-Krakovets (connecting to the M10).
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AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in 1973.
Adam Taubitz
Adam Georg Taubitz (born 7 October 1967) is a German jazz and classical musician.
Adolph Menzel
Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel (8 December 18159 February 1905) was a German Realist artist noted for drawings, etchings, and paintings.
Agnieszka Krukówna
Agnieszka Krukówna (born 20 March 1971, Chorzów) is a Polish film, television and theatre actress.
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AKS Chorzów
AKS Chorzów is a sports club based in Chorzów, Poland.
Aktiengesellschaft
Aktiengesellschaft (abbreviated AG) is a German word for a corporation limited by share ownership (i.e., one which is owned by its shareholders) whose shares may be traded on a stock market.
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Albert Speer
Berthold Konrad Hermann Albert Speer (19 March 1905 – 1 September 1981) was a German architect who served as the Minister of Armaments and War Production in Nazi Germany during most of World War II.
Alfred A. Knopf
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915.
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Allies of World War II
The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.
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Alstom
Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets.
Antoni Piechniczek
Antoni Krzysztof Piechniczek (born 3 May 1942) is a Polish former professional football manager and player.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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August Froehlich
August Froehlich (26 January 1891 – 22 June 1942) was an Upper Silesian Roman Catholic priest.
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Auschwitz concentration camp
Auschwitz concentration camp (also KL Auschwitz or KZ Auschwitz) was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland (in a portion annexed into Germany in 1939) during World War II and the Holocaust.
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Ózd
Ózd is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Northern Hungary, from the county seat of Miskolc.
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Świętochłowice
Świętochłowice (Schwientochlowitz; Świyntochłowice) is a city with powiat rights in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów and Świętochłowice are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship, city counties of Poland, Holocaust locations in Poland and Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939).
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Żabie Doły
Żabie Doły is a nature and landscape protected area in Silesia, Poland.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.
Báthory family
The House of Báthory (Batory) was an old and powerful Hungarian noble family of the Gutkeled clan.
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Będzin
Będzin (also Bendzin in English; Bendin) is a city in the Dąbrowa Basin, in southern Poland. Chorzów and Będzin are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Berlin
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.
Bituminous coal
Bituminous coal, or black coal, is a type of coal containing a tar-like substance called bitumen or asphalt.
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Blast furnace
A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce industrial metals, generally pig iron, but also others such as lead or copper.
Blues rock
Blues rock is a fusion genre and form of rock music that relies on the chords/scales and instrumental improvisation of blues.
Bratislava
Bratislava (German: Pressburg or Preßburg,; Hungarian: Pozsony; Slovak: Prešporok), is the capital and largest city of Slovakia and the fourth largest of all cities on Danube river.
Budapest
Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.
Bundesautobahn 4
is an autobahn in two discontinuous segments that crosses Germany in a west–east direction.
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Bundeswehr
The Bundeswehr (literally Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Bytom
Bytom (Polish pronunciation:; Silesian: Bytōm, Bytōń, Beuthen O.S.) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. Chorzów and Bytom are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship, cities in Silesia, city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Carbochemistry
Carbochemistry is the branch of chemistry that studies the transformation of coal (bituminous coal, coal tar, anthracite, lignite, graphite, and charcoal) into useful products and raw materials.
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Casimir II the Just
Casimir II the Just (Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy; 28 October 1138 – 5 May 1194) was a Lesser Polish Duke of Wiślica from 1166 to 1173, and of Sandomierz after 1173.
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Castellan
A castellan, or constable, was the governor of a castle in medieval Europe.
Central European Summer Time
Central European Summer Time (CEST, UTC+02:00), sometimes referred to as Central European Daylight Time (CEDT), is the standard clock time observed during the period of summer daylight-saving in those European countries which observe Central European Time (CET; UTC+01:00) during the other part of the year.
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Central European Time
Central European Time (CET) is a standard time of Central, and parts of Western Europe, which is one hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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Chemical plant
A chemical plant is an industrial process plant that manufactures (or otherwise processes) chemicals, usually on a large scale.
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Chorzów Batory
Chorzów Batory (formerly Bismarckhütte, Hajduki Wielkie, 1941–1945 Königshütte-Bismarck) is a district of the Polish city of Chorzów, in Silesian Voivodeship.
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Chorzów Power Station
Chorzów power station is a thermal power plant located in Chorzów, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
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Chorzów Stary
Chorzów Stary (literally Old Chorzów) is a district of Chorzów, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.
Class conflict
In political science, the term class conflict, or class struggle, refers to the political tension and economic antagonism that exist among the social classes of society, because of socioeconomic competition for resources among the social classes, between the rich and the poor.
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Consolidated city-county
In United States local government, a consolidated city-county (also known as either a city-parish or a consolidated government in Louisiana, depending on the locality, or a unified municipality, unified home rule borough, or city and borough, from Alaska Municipal League in Alaska) is formed when one or more cities and their surrounding county (parish in Louisiana, borough in Alaska) merge into one unified jurisdiction.
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Continental Europe
Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands.
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Conurbation
A conurbation is a region comprising a number of metropolises, cities, large towns, and other urban areas which, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban or industrially developed area.
Convention center
A convention center (American English; or conference centre in British English) is a large building that is designed to hold a convention, where individuals and groups gather to promote and share common interests.
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Creil
Creil is a commune in the Oise department, northern France.
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia (Czech and Československo, Česko-Slovensko) was a landlocked state in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary.
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Czeladź
Czeladź (Chelodz) is a town in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie (part of historic Lesser Poland), in southern Poland, near Katowice and Sosnowiec. Chorzów and Czeladź are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship.
Dachau concentration camp
Dachau was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest running one, opening on 22 March 1933.
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Dąbrowa Górnicza
Dąbrowa Górnicza (German: Dombrowa) is a city in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, southern Poland, near Katowice and Sosnowiec. Chorzów and Dąbrowa Górnicza are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship, city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
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Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa
Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa (DTŚ, can be translated as diametral highway or central highway) is a controlled-access highway in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
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Duchy of Opole
Duchy of Opole (Księstwo opolskie; Opolské knížectví; Herzogtum Oppeln) was one of the duchies of Silesia ruled by the branch of Polish Piast dynasty, formed during the medieval fragmentation of Poland into provincial duchies.
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Dziennik Zachodni
Dziennik Zachodni (Western Daily, DZ) is a regional Polish newspaper distributed in Upper Silesia.
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East Berlin
East Berlin (Ost-Berlin) was the partially recognised capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990.
Einsatzgruppen
Einsatzgruppen (also 'task forces') were Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe.
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Ernst Wilimowski
Ernest Otton Wilimowski (born Ernst Otto Prandella; 23 June 1916 – 30 August 1997), nicknamed "Ezi", was a footballer who played as a forward.
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ESPN
ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.
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Ethnic cleansing
Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic, racial, or religious groups from a given area, with the intent of making the society ethnically homogeneous.
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Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski
Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski (30 December 1888, Kraków – 22 August 1974, Kraków) was a Polish politician and economist, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, government minister and manager of the Second Polish Republic.
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European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion
The European Observation Network for Territorial Development and Cohesion, often shortened as ESPON, is a European funded programme under the objective of "European Territorial Cooperation" of the Cohesion Policy of the European Union.
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FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
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A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football.
Forced labour under German rule during World War II
The use of slave and forced labour in Nazi Germany (Zwangsarbeit) and throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II took place on an unprecedented scale.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Franz Waxman
Franz Waxman (né Wachsmann; December 24, 1906February 24, 1967) was a German-born composer and conductor of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre.
Freikorps
Freikorps ("Free Corps" or "Volunteer Corps") were irregular German and other European paramilitary volunteer units that existed from the 18th to the early 20th centuries.
Friedrich Weißler
(Georg) Friedrich Weißler (born 28 April 1891 in Königshütte, Upper Silesia; died 19 February 1937 at Sachsenhausen concentration camp) was a German lawyer and judge.
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden
Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden (23 March 1752 – 3 July 1815) was a German pioneer in mining and metallurgy.
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Fritz Haber
Fritz Haber (9 December 186829 January 1934) was a German chemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his invention of the Haber–Bosch process, a method used in industry to synthesize ammonia from nitrogen gas and hydrogen gas.
Görlitz
Görlitz (Zgorzelec, Zhorjelc, Zhořelec, East Lusatian dialects) is a town in the German state of Saxony. Chorzów and Görlitz are cities in Silesia.
Günther Rittau
Günther Rittau (born 7 August 1893 in Königshütte (Silesia); died 6 August 1971 in Munich) was a German cinematographer and film director.
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Genesis (band)
Genesis were an English rock band formed at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, in 1967.
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George Golla
George Golla (born 10 May 1935) is an Australian jazz guitarist.
Gerard Cieślik
Gerard Cieślik (27 April 1927 – 3 November 2013), also known as Gienek, was a Polish footballer who played as a striker.
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Gerard Wodarz
Gerard Wodarz (10 August 1913 – 8 November 1982) was one of the best football players of interwar Poland.
German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II
Nazi Germany operated around 1,000 prisoner-of-war camps (Kriegsgefangenenlager) during World War II (1939-1945).
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Gliwice
Gliwice (Gleiwitz,; Gliwicy) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. Chorzów and Gliwice are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship, cities in Silesia, city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
The Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem or Eastern Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem, officially patriarch of Jerusalem (Πατριάρχης Ιεροσολύμων; بطريرك القدس; פטריארך ירושלים), is the head bishop of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, ranking fourth of nine patriarchs in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in March 1985 when local bands Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns merged.
Haber process
The Haber process, also called the Haber–Bosch process, is the main industrial procedure for the production of ammonia.
Hajduk
A hajduk (hajdúk, plural of foot-soldier) is a type of irregular infantry found in Central, Eastern, and parts of Southeast Europe from the late 16th to mid 19th centuries.
Handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the opposing team.
Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla (born 25 December 1943) is a German actress and chanson singer associated with the theater and film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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Hans Eysenck
Hans Jürgen Eysenck (4 March 1916 – 4 September 1997) was a German-born British psychologist.
Headframe
A headframe (gallows frame, winding tower, hoist frame,Ernst, Dr.-Ing. Richard (1989). Wörterbuch der Industriellen Technik (5th ed.). Wiesbaden: Oscar Brandstetter, 1989. pit frame, shafthead frame, headgear, headstock, poppethead) is the structure above an underground mine shaft, built for hoisting machines, people, and materials.
Heavy industry
Heavy industry is an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); or complex or numerous processes.
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Helga Molander
Helga Molander (born Ruth Werner; 19 March 1896 – 1986), was a German actress and mother of Hans Eysenck.
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House of Habsburg
The House of Habsburg (Haus Habsburg), also known as the House of Austria, was one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history.
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House of Hohenzollern
The House of Hohenzollern (Haus Hohenzollern,; Casa de Hohenzollern) is a formerly royal (and from 1871 to 1918, imperial) German dynasty whose members were variously princes, electors, kings and emperors of Hohenzollern, Brandenburg, Prussia, the German Empire, and Romania.
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Ignacy Mościcki
Ignacy Mościcki (1 December 18672 October 1946) was a Polish chemist and politician who was the country's president from 1926 to 1939.
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Institute of National Remembrance
The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state research institute in charge of education and archives which also includes two public prosecution service components exercising investigative, prosecution and lustration powers.
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Intelligentsia
The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labours by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; as such, the intelligentsia consists of scholars, academics, teachers, journalists, and literary writers.
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Intelligenzaktion
The Intelligenzaktion, or the Intelligentsia mass shootings, was a series of mass murders which was committed against the Polish intelligentsia (teachers, priests, physicians, and other prominent members of Polish society) early in the Second World War (1939–45) by Nazi Germany.
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International law
International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards that states and other actors feel an obligation to obey in their mutual relations and generally do obey.
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Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, War of Poland of 1939, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak Republic, and the Soviet Union, which marked the beginning of World War II.
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.
Ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made.
Iserlohn
Iserlohn (Westphalian: Iserlaun) is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Jagiellonian dynasty
The Jagiellonian or Jagellonian dynasty (Jogailaičių dinastija; dynastia jagiellońska), otherwise the Jagiellon dynasty (dynastia Jagiellonów), the House of Jagiellon (Dom Jagiellonów), or simply the Jagiellons (Jogailaičiai; Jagiellonowie), was the name assumed by a cadet branch of the Lithuanian ducal dynasty of Gediminids upon reception by Jogaila, the Grand Duke of Lithuania, of baptism as Władysław in 1386, which paved the way to his ensuing marriage to the Queen Regnant Jadwiga of Poland, resulting in his ascension to the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland as Władysław II Jagiełło (initially ruling jure uxoris jointly with Jadwiga until her death), and the effective promotion of his branch to a royal dynasty.
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Jakub Dziółka
Jakub Dziółka (born 21 November 1980) is a Polish professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Janusz Michallik
Janusz Michallik (born April 22, 1966, in Chorzów, Poland) is a former professional soccer player, coach, and current television sports commentator.
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Jerzy Buzek
Jerzy Karol Buzek (born 3 July 1940) is a Polish politician and former Member of the European Parliament from Poland.
Jews
The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
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Joe Wickham
Joe Wickham (1890 in Phibsboro, Dublin – 3 November 1968 in Katowice, Poland) was the General Secretary of the Football Association of Ireland from the 1930s until his death in 1968 at the age of 78.
John Baildon
John Baildon (11 December 1772 – 7 August 1846) was a Scottish pioneer in metallurgy in continental Europe.
Karl Godulla
Karl Godulla, Carolus Godulla, in Polish spelled Karol Godula (born 8 November 1781 in Makoschau, today Makoszowy, a subdivision of Zabrze, Silesia; died 6 July 1848 in Breslau, today Wrocław) was a Silesian self-made industrialist ("the king of zinc"), and one of the best-known pioneers in the industrial development of Prussian Silesia.
Karol Miarka (father)
Karol Miarka also called Elder or Father (22 October 1825 – 15 August 1882) was a Polish social activist in Upper Silesia, teacher, writer, publicist and printer.
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Katowice
Katowice is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. Katowice is a central part of the Metropolis GZM, with a population of 2.3 million, and a part of a larger Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area that extends into the Czech Republic and has a population of around 5 million people, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the European Union. Chorzów and Katowice are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship, cities in Silesia, city counties of Poland and Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939).
Katowice Airport
Katowice Wojciech Korfanty Airport (Katowice Airport im.) is an international airport, located in Pyrzowice, north of Katowice, Poland.
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Katowice International Fair
Katowice International Fair (Międzynarodowe Targi Katowickie, MTK) was an international trade fair in Katowice and one of the largest in Poland (the largest being the Poznań International Fair).
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Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse
On 28 January 2006, the roof of one of the buildings at the Katowice International Fair (Międzynarodowe Targi Katowickie) collapsed in Chorzów / Katowice, Poland.
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Katowice urban area
The Katowice urban area (Konurbacja katowicka), also known as the Upper Silesian urban area (Konurbacja górnośląska), is an urban area/conurbation in southern Poland, centered on Katowice.
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Katowice Voivodeship
Katowice Voivodeship can refer to one of two political entities in Poland: Katowice Voivodeship (1), initially "Silesian-Dabrowa Voivodeship" (województwo śląsko-dąbrowskie), was a unit of administrative division and local government in the years 1946–1975.
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Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area
The Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan areaBrookings Institution (2016), p. 16.
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Kingdom of Bohemia
The Kingdom of Bohemia (České království), sometimes referenced in English literature as the Czech Kingdom, was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe.
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Kraków
(), also spelled as Cracow or Krakow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Chorzów and Kraków are city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Kurt Alder
Kurt Alder (10 July 1902 – 20 June 1958) was a German chemist and Nobel laureate.
Ladislaus Pilars de Pilar
Ladislaus Baron Pilars de Pilar (Władysław Pilars de Pilar, Opatówek, 3 March 1874 - Chorzów, 22 November 1952) was a Polish poet, historian, entrepreneur and a literature professor at the University of Warsaw.
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Lands of the Bohemian Crown
The Lands of the Bohemian Crown were the states in Central Europe during the medieval and early modern periods with feudal obligations to the Bohemian kings.
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Legendia
Legendia (a.k.a. Silesian Amusement Park, Śląskie Wesołe Miasteczko) is an amusement park located within Silesian Park in the center of the Metropolis GZM, Poland.
Leonard Piątek
Leonard Franciszek Piątek (born Leonard Franz Piontek, 3 October 1913 – 1 July 1967) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward in the interwar period.
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Linkin Park
Linkin Park is an American rock band formed in Agoura Hills, California, in 1996.
List of counties of Poland
The following is an alphabetical list of all 380 county-level entities in Poland.
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List of environmental issues
This is an alphabetical list of environmental issues, harmful aspects of human activity on the biophysical environment.
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List of Polish monarchs
Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries).
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List of Polish-language poets
List of poets who have written much of their poetry in Polish.
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List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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List of subcamps of Auschwitz
The Auschwitz concentration camp complex was a system of concentration camps (Konzentrationslager, abbreviated as either KL or KZ) run by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland from 1940 to 1945.
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Marcin Dylla
Marcin Dylla is a Polish classical guitarist who has won over fifteen international classical guitar competitions.
Marek Kubisz
Marek Kubisz (born 27 February 1974) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Metallica is an American heavy metal band.
Methanol
Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the chemical formula (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH).
Metropolis GZM
The Metropolis GZM (Metropolia GZM, formally in Polish Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolia) is a metropolitan unit composed of 41 contiguous municipalities in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland.
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Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp
Mittelbau-Dora (also Dora-Mittelbau and Nordhausen-Dora) was a Nazi concentration camp located near Nordhausen in Thuringia, Germany.
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Monika Hojnisz-Staręga
Monika Hojnisz (born 27 August 1991), now Monika Hojnisz-Staręga, is a Polish biathlete.
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Moorland
Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas in temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands biomes, characterised by low-growing vegetation on acidic soils.
Motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit.
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Mysłowice
Mysłowice (Myslowitz; Myslowicy) is a city in Silesia in Poland, bordering Katowice. Chorzów and Mysłowice are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship, city counties of Poland and Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939).
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
Nazi war crimes in occupied Poland during World War II
Crimes against the Polish nation committed by Nazi Germany and Axis collaborationist forces during the invasion of Poland, along with auxiliary battalions during the subsequent occupation of Poland in World War II, included the genocide of millions of Polish people, especially the systematic extermination of Jewish Poles.
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Nitrogen
Nitrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol N and atomic number 7.
Nitrogen fixation
Nitrogen fixation is a chemical process by which molecular dinitrogen is converted into ammonia.
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Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)
The occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II (1939–1945) began with the Invasion of Poland in September 1939, and it was formally concluded with the defeat of Germany by the Allies in May 1945.
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Olgierd Łukaszewicz
Olgierd Łukaszewicz (born 7 September 1946) is a Polish film actor.
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Open Society Foundations
Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is a US-based grantmaking network founded by business magnate George Soros.
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Opole
Opole (Oppeln; Ôpole) is a city located in southern Poland on the Oder River and the historical capital of Upper Silesia. Chorzów and Opole are cities in Silesia, city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Order of the Holy Sepulchre
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem (Ordo Equestris Sancti Sepulcri Hierosolymitani, OESSH), also called the Order of the Holy Sepulchre or Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, is a Catholic order of knighthood under the protection of the Holy See.
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Oskar Seidlin
Oskar Seidlin (February 17, 1911 – December 11, 1984) was a Jewish emigre from Nazi Germany first to Switzerland and then to the U.S. He taught German language and literature as a professor at Smith College, Middlebury College, Ohio State University, and Indiana University from 1939 to 1979.
Otto von Bismarck
Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898; born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck) was a Prussian statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany.
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Paul Mross
Paul Mross (Paweł Mróz) (23 January 1910, in Bismarckhütte (now Chorzów) – 17 January 1991, in Düsseldorf) was a Polish–German chess master.
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990.
Permanent Court of International Justice
The Permanent Court of International Justice, often called the World Court, existed from 1922 to 1946.
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Personal name
A personal name, full name or prosoponym (from Ancient Greek prósōpon – person, and onoma –name) is the set of names by which an individual person or animal is known, and that can be recited as a word-group, with the understanding that, taken together, they all relate to that one individual.
Piast dynasty
The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland.
Piekary Śląskie
Piekary Śląskie (Piekary) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów and Piekary Śląskie are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship, city counties of Poland and Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939).
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Pig iron
Pig iron, also known as crude iron, is an intermediate good used by the iron industry in the production of steel.
Pincer movement
The pincer movement, or double envelopment, is a military maneuver in which forces simultaneously attack both flanks (sides) of an enemy formation.
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.
The Poland national football team (Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) represents Poland in men's international football competitions since their first match in 1921.
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Polenlager
The Polenlager (Polish Camps) was a system of forced labor camps in Silesia that held Poles during the World War II Nazi German occupation of Poland.
Polish Cup
The Polish Cup in football (Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej) is an annual knockout football competition for Polish football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title.
Polish Scouting and Guiding Association
The Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego, ZHP) is the coeducational Polish Scouting organization recognized by the World Organization of the Scout Movement and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.
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Pope Innocent II
Pope Innocent II (Innocentius II; died 24 September 1143), born Gregorio Papareschi, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 14 February 1130 to his death in 1143.
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Prague
Prague (Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia.
President of Poland
The president of Poland (Prezydent RP), officially the president of the Republic of Poland (Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the head of state of the Republic of Poland.
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President of the European Parliament
The president of the European Parliament presides over the debates and activities of the European Parliament.
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Prologis
Prologis, Inc. is a real estate investment trust headquartered in San Francisco, California that invests in logistics facilities.
Proper adjective
In English orthography, the term proper adjective is used to mean adjectives that take initial capital letters, and common adjective to mean those that do not.
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Railway track
A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as a train track or permanent way (often "perway" in Australia), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.
Rawa (river)
The Rawa (pronounced:; older name Roździanka) is a minor river (about 19.6 kilometres in total length) in Silesia, Poland.
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1982, comprising vocalist Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and guitarist John Frusciante.
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Reinhard Appel
Reinhard Appel (February 21, 1927, in Königshütte – June 26, 2011, in Bonn) was a German journalist and television presenter.
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Revolutions of 1989
The Revolutions of 1989, also known as the Fall of Communism, were a revolutionary wave of liberal democracy movements that resulted in the collapse of most Marxist–Leninist governments in the Eastern Bloc and other parts of the world.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of Augsburg
Diocese of Augsburg (Dioecesis Augustanus Vindelicorum) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany.
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Ruch Chorzów
Ruch Chorzów is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia.
Ruda Śląska
Ruda Śląska (Ruda O.S.) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów and Ruda Śląska are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship and city counties of Poland.
Ryszard Riedel
Ryszard Henryk Riedel (7 September 1956 – 30 July 1994) was the original lead singer of blues-rock band Dżem (Polish for 'Jam').
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Scorched earth
A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation and destruction of water, food, humans, animals, plants and any kind of tools and infrastructure.
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Seniorate Province
Seniorate Province, also known as the Senioral Province, was a district principality in the Duchy of Poland that was formed in 1138, following the fragmentation of the state.
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Service economy
Service economy can refer to one or both of two recent economic developments.
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Siemianowice Śląskie
Siemianowice Śląskie (Siemianowitz-Laurahütte; Śymjanowice Ślůnskje) also known as Siemianowice is a city in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice, in the core of the Metropolis GZM - a metropolis with a population of 2 million people and is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Brynica river (tributary of the Vistula). Chorzów and Siemianowice Śląskie are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship, city counties of Poland, Holocaust locations in Poland and Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939).
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Silesia
Silesia (see names below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within modern Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany.
Silesian Interurbans
Silesian Trams (Tramwaje Konurbacji Śląskiej) is one of the largest tram systems in the world and the largest and longest tram system in Poland, located entirely within the Silesian Voivodeship.
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Silesian Park
Silesian Park (Park Śląski) (Park Ślůnski) is a recreation complex in the center of the Metropolis GZM, located in Chorzów in Upper Silesia, Poland.
Silesian Planetarium
The Silesian Planetarium also Silesian Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory (Planetarium Śląskie Śląskie Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne) is the largest and oldest planetarium in Poland.
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Silesian Stadium
The Silesian Stadium (Stadion Śląski; Polish) is a sport stadium located on the premises of Silesian Park in Chorzów, Poland.
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Silesian Upland
Silesian Upland or Silesian Highland (Wyżyna Śląska) is a highland located in Silesia and Lesser Poland, Poland.
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Silesian Uprisings
The Silesian Uprisings (Powstania śląskie; Aufstände in Oberschlesien, Polenaufstände) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic at the time.
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Silesian Voivodeship
Silesian Voivodeship (województwo śląskie) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia (Górny Śląsk), with Katowice serving as its capital.
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Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939)
The Silesian Voivodeship (województwo śląskie; German: Woiwodschaft Schlesien) was an autonomous province (voivodeship) of the Second Polish Republic.
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Silesian Wars
The Silesian Wars (Schlesische Kriege) were three wars fought in the mid-18th century between Prussia (under King Frederick the Great) and Habsburg Austria (under Empress Maria Theresa) for control of the Central European region of Silesia (now in south-western Poland).
Silesian Zoological Garden
Silesian Zoological Garden (Śląski Ogród Zoologiczny) is a zoological garden in Poland.
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Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec is an industrial city county in the Dąbrowa Basin of southern Poland, in the Silesian Voivodeship, which is also part of the Metropolis GZM municipal association. Chorzów and Sosnowiec are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship, city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Speedway World Championship
The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest-ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world, run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM).
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Stalag VIII-B
Stalag VIII-B was most recently a German Army administered POW camp during World War II, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the village of Lamsdorf (now Łambinowice) in Silesia.
State ownership
State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to an individual or private party.
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Steel mill
A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.
Stephan Stompor
Stephan Stompor (14 February 1931 – 23 October 1995) was a German musicologist and dramaturg.
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Strategic bombing during World War II
World War II (1939–1945) involved sustained strategic bombing of railways, harbours, cities, workers' and civilian housing, and industrial districts in enemy territory. Strategic bombing as a military strategy is distinct both from close air support of ground forces and from tactical air power.
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Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities.
Sztafeta
Sztafeta (English: Relay Race) is a 1939 compendium of literary reportage written by Melchior Wańkowicz.
Szymon Kapias
Szymon Kapias (born 12 June 1984) is a Polish footballer who plays as a defender for AKS Mikołów.
Tarnów
Tarnów is a city in southeastern Poland with 105,922 inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of 269,000 inhabitants. Chorzów and Tarnów are city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Tarnowskie Góry
Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz; Tarnowske Gōry) is a town in Silesia, southern Poland, located in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice. Chorzów and Tarnowskie Góry are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship, Holocaust locations in Poland, Intelligenzaktion massacre locations and Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939).
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Tavistock Square
Tavistock Square is a public square in Bloomsbury, in the London Borough of Camden near Euston Station.
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Tennis court
A tennis court is the venue where the sport of tennis is played.
Termoli
Termoli (Molisano: Térmëlë) is a comune (municipality) on the south Adriatic coast of Italy, in the province of Campobasso, region of Molise.
Ternopil
Ternopil, known until 1944 mostly as Tarnopol, is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret.
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977.
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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Thermal power station
A thermal power station is a type of power station in which heat energy is converted to electrical energy.
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Tino Schwierzina
Tino Antoni Schwierzina (30 May 1927 – 29 December 2003) was a German lawyer and politician.
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Town privileges
Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium.
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Trade war
A trade war is an economic conflict often resulting from extreme protectionism in which states raise or create tariffs or other trade barriers against each other in response to trade barriers created by the other party.
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976.
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.
United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) represents the United States in men's international soccer competitions.
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University of Silesia in Katowice
The University of Silesia in Katowice (Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, UŚ) is an autonomous state-run university in Katowice, Silesia Province, Poland.
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Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia (Górny Śląsk; Gůrny Ślůnsk, Gōrny Ślōnsk; Horní Slezsko;; Silesian German: Oberschläsing; Silesia Superior) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic.
Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park
The Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (Górnośląski Park Etnograficzny) is an open-air museum in Chorzów, Poland.
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Upper Silesian Industrial Region
The Upper Silesian Industrial Region (Górnośląski Okręg Przemysłowy,, Polish abbreviation: GOP; Oberschlesisches Industriegebiet) is a large industrial region in Poland.
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Urban area
An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment.
Vehicle registration plates of Poland
Vehicle registration plates of Poland indicate the region of registration of the vehicle given the number plate.
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Vienna
Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.
Vistula
The Vistula (Wisła,, Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length.
Voivodeships of Poland
A voivodeship (województwo; plural: województwa) is the highest-level administrative division of Poland, corresponding to a province in many other countries.
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Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.
Walter Mixa
Walter Mixa (2008) Walter Johannes Mixa (born 25 April 1941) is a German prelate of the Catholic Church who is the Bishop Emeritus of Augsburg and Ordinary Emeritus of the Bundeswehr.
War effort
In politics and military planning, a war effort is a coordinated mobilization of society's resources—both industrial and human—towards the support of a military force.
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland. Chorzów and Warsaw are city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Wrocław
Wrocław (Breslau; also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. Chorzów and Wrocław are cities in Silesia, city counties of Poland and Holocaust locations in Poland.
WSB Merito Universities
WSB Merito Universities (Uniwersytety WSB Merito, formerly Wyższe Szkoły Bankowe, Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa) are group of state-recognized private (non-public) universities in Poland.
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Zabrze
Zabrze (German: 1915–1945: Hindenburg O.S., full form: Hindenburg in Oberschlesien, Silesian: Zŏbrze, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów and Zabrze are cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship, cities in Silesia and city counties of Poland.
Zgorzelec
Zgorzelec (Görlitz, Zhorjelc, Zgórjelc, Zhořelec) is a town in southwestern Poland with 30,374 inhabitants (2019).
Zlín
Zlín (in 1949–1989 Gottwaldov;; Zlin) is a city in the Czech Republic.
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1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite
The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty and carried out on 20 March 1921 to determine ownership of the province of Upper Silesia between Weimar Germany and Poland.
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1973 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1973 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 28th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.
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7 July 2005 London bombings
The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also referred to as 7/7, were a series of four co-ordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists that targeted commuters travelling on London's public transport during the morning rush hour.
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See also
Cities with powiat rights
Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939)
- 3rd Silesian Uhlan Regiment
- Battle of Mikołów
- Battle of Pszczyna
- Bielsko-Biała
- Chorzów
- Cieszyn
- Cieszyn West County
- Coat of arms of the Silesian Voivodeship
- Communist Party of the Silesian Land
- Czechowice-Dziedzice
- Defense of Katowice
- Dobrodzień
- East Upper Silesia
- Fortified Area of Silesia
- Frysztat County
- Imielin
- Jaworze, Silesian Voivodeship
- Kalety
- Katowice
- Knurów
- Lubliniec
- Mikołów
- Mysłowice
- Piekary Śląskie
- Pszczyna
- Radzionków
- Rybnik
- Rydułtowy
- Siemianowice Śląskie
- Silesian Parliament
- Silesian Socialist Party
- Silesian Treasury
- Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939)
- Tarnowskie Góry
- Tychy
- Woźniki, Lubliniec County
- Wyry
- Świętochłowice
Soviet World War II crimes in Poland
- Augustów roundup
- Basilian Church and Monastery in Berezwecz
- Battle of Grodno (1939)
- Battle of Husynne
- Battle of Kuryłówka
- Battle of Szack
- Biadki
- Central Labour Camp in Potulice
- Choroszcz
- Chorzów
- Czortków uprising
- Dąbrówka Nowa Massacre
- Evacuation of Chortkiv Prison
- Flight and expulsion of Germans from Poland during and after World War II
- Jaworzno concentration camp
- Katyn massacre
- Knurów
- Koniuchy massacre
- Looting of Poland in World War II
- Makrany
- Malaya Berestavitsa massacre
- Maria Magdalena Jahn
- NKVD prisoner massacre in Berezhany
- NKVD prisoner massacre in Dubno
- NKVD prisoner massacre in Lutsk
- NKVD prisoner massacre in Sambir
- NKVD prisoner massacre in Zolochiv
- Naliboki massacre
- Polish population transfers (1944–1946)
- Przyszowice massacre
- Rape during the Soviet occupation of Poland
- Soviet repressions of Polish citizens (1939–1946)
- Sybirak
- Zgoda labour camp
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorzów
Also known as Chorzów, Poland, Chorzůw, Hajduki, History of Chorzów, Koenigshuette, Königshütte, Królewska Huta, Königshütte (Oberschlesien).
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