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Szombierki Coal Mine


Coordinates: 50°20′18″N 18°54′39″E / 50.33833°N 18.91083°E / 50.33833; 18.91083

Szombierki Coal Mine is a former coal mine in Szombierki, Bytom, Poland. It was created in 1870 from several smaller coal fields. From mid-1990s it begun to be retired.

In 2004 its winding tower "Krystyna" (formerly Kaiser Wilhelm) was added to the Polish register of monuments.

During a 2009 vote the tower was voted as one of the "Seven Architectural Wonders of the Silesian Voivodeship."


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