Chorzow
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Teatr Rozrywki - local theatre in the city
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 Chorzów
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| Coordinates: 50°18′N 18°57′E / 50.300°N 18.950°E | |||
| Country | Poland | ||
| Voivodeship | Silesian | ||
| County | city county | ||
| Established | 1257 | ||
| Town rights | 1868 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Andrzej Kotala | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 33.24 km2 (12.83 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2013) | |||
| • City | 111,536 | ||
| • Density | 3,400/km2 (8,700/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 2,746,000 | ||
| • Metro | 4,620,624 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 41-500 to 41-506 | ||
| Area code(s) | +48 32 | ||
| Car plates | SH | ||
| Website | http://www.chorzow.um.gov.pl | ||
Chorzów [ˈxɔʐuf] (German: Königshütte [ˈkøːnɪçsˌhʏtə]; Silesian: Chorzůw) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - a metropolis with a population of 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa River (a tributary of the Vistula).
Administratively, Chorzów is in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, previously Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, the Silesian Voivodeship. Chorzów is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation - the Katowice urban area and within a greater Silesian metropolitan area with the population of about 5,294,000 people. The population within the city limits is 113,162 (June 2009).
The city of Chorzów was formed in 1934-1939 by a merger of 4 adjacent cities: Chorzów, Królewska Huta, Nowe Hajduki and Hajduki Wielkie. The name of the oldest settlement Chorzów was applied to the amalgamated city.
The etymology of the name is not known. Chorzów is believed to be first mentioned as Zversov or Zuersov in a document of 1136 by Pope Innocent II as village with peasants, silver miners, and two inns. Another place name likely indicating Chorzów is Coccham or Coccha, which is mentioned in a document of 1198 by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, who awarded this place to the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Chorzów is then mentioned as Chareu or Charev in 1257 and then Charzow in 1292. The last name may originate from the personal name Charz, short for Zachary and may mean Zachary's place. The a in the early names may have been later modified to the current pronunciation with o perhaps due to similarity to the common adjective chory=ill and a presence of a hospital (which was moved in 1299 to Rozbark at the gates of Bytom). Today, the place of the old village is a subdivision called Chorzów III or Chorzów Stary = the Old Chorzów.
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