Tarnowskie Góry
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Tarnowskie Góry t is a town
in Silesia
in southern Poland
, near Katowice
. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union
- metropolis with the population of 2 millions. Located in the Silesian Highlands
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It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship
since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship
, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship
. Tarnowskie Góry 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 city is 60,975 (2008).
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in Silesia
Silesia
Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...
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 the population of 2 millions. 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:...
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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 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...
, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship
Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship
The Silesian Voivodeship was an autonomous province of the interwar Second Polish Republic. It consisted of territory which came into Polish possession as a result of the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite, the Geneva Conventions, three Upper Silesian Uprisings, and the eventual partition of Upper...
. Tarnowskie Góry 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 city is 60,975 (2008).
Interesting things in Tarnowskie Góry
- Historical Mine Of Silver OresSilver miningSilver mining refers to the resource extraction of the precious metal element silver by mining.-History:Silver has been known since ancient times. It is mentioned in the Book of Genesis, and slag heaps found in Asia Minor and on the islands of the Aegean Sea indicate that silver was being separated...
http://turystyka.silesia-region.pl/szt/ru/4.html - Sztolnia Czarnego Pstrąga (Black TroutTroutTrout is the name for a number of species of freshwater and saltwater fish belonging to the Salmoninae subfamily of the family Salmonidae. Salmon belong to the same family as trout. Most salmon species spend almost all their lives in salt water...
AditAditAn adit is an entrance to an underground mine which is horizontal or nearly horizontal, by which the mine can be entered, drained of water, and ventilated.-Construction:...
) http://turystyka.silesia-region.pl/szt/ru/3.html - Upper Silesia Narrow Gauge Railways - the world's oldest narrow gauge railway in continuous service since 18531853 in rail transport-January events:* January 25 - The Cincinnati, Cambridge and Chicago Short Line Railway, a predecessor of Pennsylvania Railroad, is incorporated in Indiana to build from New Castle southeast via Cambridge to the Ohio state line....
http://turystyka.silesia-region.pl/szt/ru/7.html - Biggest in PolandPolandPoland , 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...
(and one of the biggest in EuropeEuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
) marshaling yard
Personalities
- George, Margrave of Brandenburg-AnsbachGeorge, Margrave of Brandenburg-AnsbachGeorge of Brandenburg-Ansbach was a Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from the House of Hohenzollern.- Early life :...
from the House of HohenzollernHouse of HohenzollernThe House of Hohenzollern is a noble family and royal dynasty of electors, kings and emperors of Prussia, Germany and Romania. It originated in the area around the town of Hechingen in Swabia during the 11th century. They took their name from their ancestral home, the Burg Hohenzollern castle near...
, co-founder of Tarnowitz - Alexander KohutAlexander KohutAlexander Kohut was a rabbi and orientalist. He belonged to a family of rabbis, the most noted among them being Rabbi Israel Palota, his great-grandfather, Rabbi Amram , and Rabbi Chayyim Kitssee,...
, talmudist and orientalist, rabbi of Tarnowitz (1865-67) - Theodora Paula Helene von Limburg-Stirum, countess
- Jan MiodekJan MiodekJan Miodek , Professor of Wroclaw University, is a Polish linguist in the normative tradition....
, linguist - Philipp RothPhilipp Roth (cellist)Philipp Roth was a German violoncellist. He was born at Tarnowitz in Prussian Silesia....
, cellist - Józef WandzikJózef WandzikJózef Wandzik is a former Polish association football player, in the goalkeeper position. He was born in Tarnowskie Góry....
, footballer - Łukasz ŻeleznyDeeJay DeltaŁukasz Żelezny, known as DeeJay Delta is a Polish electronic music artist, and disc jockey, currently living London. As a musician he works within the dark drum and bass genres like techstep, neurofunk...
, composer and dj - Carl Wernicke, physician and neuropathologist.
- Klaus WyrtkiKlaus WyrtkiKlaus Wyrtki is an American physical oceanographer.Born on February 7, 1925 in Tarnowitz, Upper Silesia, Poland, he attended the University of Marburg in Germany, in 1945-1948, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Kiel in 1950...
, geophysicist