Tucznawa

Tucznawa
District of Dąbrowa Górnicza
Building of the fire station in Tucznawa (OSP Tucznawa)
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County/City	Dąbrowa Górnicza
Notable landmarks	chapel built in the 19th century
Area
• Total	6.14 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population (2004)
• Total	2,241
• Density	360/km2 (950/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	42-522
Area code(s)	+48 32
Website	Tucznawa.info

Coordinates: 50°23′23″N 19°18′46″E / 50.389722°N 19.312778°E / 50.389722; 19.312778

Tucznawa (until 1960 called Tuczna Baba) has been a district of Dąbrowa Górnicza since 1977. It lies in Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is located 11.5 km south-east from the city centre and along the route Dąbrowa Górnicza – Zawiercie. Its neighbouring districts are: Sikorka and Bugaj. Tucznawa itself is divided into a few smaller parts: Smardz, Piaski, Rogatka, New Bugaj and Przymiarki (some sources recognize the last as a separate district). The majority of buildings in the district are single-family homes of country temper, with neighbouring gardens.

The original name of the district (village) is Tuczno Baba (Tucznobaba) or Tuczna Baba (which means fat woman). The first records about the village are from 1298. In the late 13th century it was a part of the parish in Sławków. It had stayed in that parish until 1495, when it was moved to the newly-arisen parish in Chruszczobród. Tucznawa was mentioned in Liber Beneficiorum Dioecensis Cracoviensis by Polish medieval chronnicler, Jan Długosz. In the mid-15th century it was a property of bishops of Cracow and it was a part of clavis Slavcoviensis (bishop's estates of Sławków) until 1790.

The railroad of Warsaw–Vienna railway (Kolej Warszawsko-Wiedeńska) runs through the district (the closest station is Dąbrowa Górnicza Sikorka).