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Czeladz [] is a town in south Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is 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 Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 with 34,402 inhabitants (2004).

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodship (1975-1998), and historically is part of the Zaglebie Dabrowskie
Zaglebie Dabrowskie

Zaglebie Dabrowskie is a historical and geographical region in southern Poland. It forms a part of the Lesser Poland, though it shares many cultural and historical features of the neighbouring Silesia....
 (Zaglembia) region of Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
, adjoining Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Lower Silesia is to the northwest. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, Kingdom of Bohemia, Poland, Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, Kingdom of Prussia, and later of unified German Reich....
. Founded in the XIII 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 an old Silesian duchy with its capital in Siewierz, established around 1341 during the times of fragmentation of Poland....
. In the XIX century, Czeladz became an important mining center, with the Saturn coal mine opened there in late XIX century.






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Czeladz [] is a town in south Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is 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 Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 with 34,402 inhabitants (2004).

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodship (1975-1998), and historically is part of the Zaglebie Dabrowskie
Zaglebie Dabrowskie

Zaglebie Dabrowskie is a historical and geographical region in southern Poland. It forms a part of the Lesser Poland, though it shares many cultural and historical features of the neighbouring Silesia....
 (Zaglembia) region of Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
, adjoining Upper Silesia
Upper Silesia

Upper Silesia is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia; Lower Silesia is to the northwest. Since the 9th century, Upper Silesia has been part of Greater Moravia, Kingdom of Bohemia, Poland, Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, Kingdom of Prussia, and later of unified German Reich....
. Founded in the XIII 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 an old Silesian duchy with its capital in Siewierz, established around 1341 during the times of fragmentation of Poland....
. In the XIX century, Czeladz became an important mining center, with the Saturn coal mine opened there in late XIX century. It also was a main center of Jewish culture, destroyed in the Holocaust.

Famous people from Czeladz

  • Czeslaw Slania
    Czeslaw Slania

    File:Czeslaw Slania.pngCzeslaw Slania [IPA: 't??swaf 'swanja] was an accomplished postage stamp and banknote engraver. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Slania is the most prolific of all stamp engravers, with over 1000 stamps to his credit....
    , postage stamp engraver
  • Abraham Nahum Stencl
    Abraham Nahum Stencl

    Abraham Nahum Stencl was a Yiddish poet....
     (Avrom-Nokhem Shtentsl), Ashkenazi poet