Tarnowitz
| Tarnowskie Góry | |||
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The market square (Rynek) in Tarnowskie Góry with the Neo-Romanesque Protestant church on the right side
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 Tarnowskie Góry
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| Coordinates: 50°27′N 18°52′E / 50.450°N 18.867°E | |||
| Country |
 Poland
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| Voivodeship |
 Silesian
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| County | Tarnowskie Góry County | ||
| Gmina | Tarnowskie Góry (urban gmina) | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Arkadiusz Czech | ||
| Area | |||
| • City | 83.72 km2 (32.32 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2012) | |||
| • City | 60,889 | ||
| • Density | 730/km2 (1,900/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 2,746,000 | ||
| • Metro | 4,620,624 | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 42-600 do 42-609 oraz 42-680 i 42-612 | ||
| Car plates | STA | ||
| Website | http://www.tarnowskiegory.pl | ||
Tarnowskie Góry [tarˈnɔfskɨɛ ˈɡɔɔrˈi] (German: Tarnowitz, established in 1526; Silesian: Tarnowske Gůry) - is an old, picturesque town in Silesia (southern Poland), located in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice. On the south it borders the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union - megalopolis, greater Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the city is 60,975 (2008). As of 1999, part of Silesian Voivodeship, previously Katowice Voivodeship
The name of Tarnowskie Góry is derived from "Tarnowice", name of a local village and word "Góry" which in old-Polish meant "mines". In a Prussian document from 1750 (published in Polish language in Berlin by Frederick the Great (1712–1786)), the town is mentioned, among other Silesian towns, as "Tarnowskie Góry". The German name "Tarnowitz" was introduced in the late 18th century, after the Third Silesian War (between Austria and Prussia). As a result of Germanization of the area, all Polish or Slavic names received their Germaninc name-equivalents (usually closely resembling the original, like Katowice and Katowitz).
The earliest settlements around Tarnowskie Góry date back to over 20 thousand years BC. Traces of the Upper Paleolithic inhabitants were found in village of Rybna, within present-day town borders. During the bronze age people lived along the banks of river Stoła (Polish) or Stola, (name derived from German Stollenwasser Adit water earlier this river was known as "Rybna" (derived from a Polish word for "fish"), their tools, jewelry and weapons were excavated here, dating from between the 8th and 5th centuries BC. Silver, lead and zinc were bountiful in these grounds and the evidence of an early metal production dates back to at least 3rd century AD.
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