Dąbrowa Górnicza

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Dąbrowa Górnicza (pronounce: [[dɔ̃'brɔvagur'niʧa]]) is a city in southern Poland with 140,000 inhabitants (1999) and a territory of 177 km², in a region called Zagłębie Dąbrowskie.

Situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodship (1975-1998).

Contents

1 History
2 Education
3 Famous people born in Dąbrowa Górnicza
4 External links:

History

It started to grow in 19th century, after discovery of coal near the city. The "Huta Bankowa" steel works, which is still an active endeavor, was built in Dabrowa Gornicza in 1834. The 1970s saw the construction of the "Huta Katowice" steel works, which is nowadays the biggest steel producing plant in Poland. Now it is divided into many small parts working on their own. In the 1990s all coal mines there had been closed, because of lack of coal. But the oldest part of the town Reden still exist.

Education

Silesian Technical University, Faculty of Chemistry, Industrial and Environmental Chemistry course
Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu
Wyższa Szkoła Planowania Strategicznego

Famous people born in Dąbrowa Górnicza

Janusz Gajos (b. 1939), actor
Karol Adamiecki (1866–1933), economist, engineer
Sobieslaw Zasada (b. 1930), rally driver, businessman

External links:

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