PRESENTATION ABOUT SOSNOWIEC CITY
Amanda Krzyżanowska
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Contents page
1. Location of Sosnowiec
2. City population
3. How to get to Sosnowiec
from Dąbrowa Górnicza?
4. City history
5. Tourist facilities
6. What else is worth
visiting in Sosnowiec?
7. Famous people from
Sosnowiec
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Location of Sosnowiec
Sosnowiec is located in the south
of Poland, in the Silesian
Voivodeship. It has an area
of ​​91.06 square kilometers.
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City population
According to Central Statistical Office data
from December 31, 2021, the city was
inhabited by 195,978 people.
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The unofficial website of the Sosnowiec
Online Sosnowiec map
Weather for Sosnowiec​
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How to get to
Sosnowiec from Dąbrowa Górnicza?
There are 6 ways to get
from Dąbrowa Górnicza to
Sosnowiec:
• by train
• tram
• rideshare
• taxi
• car
• or foot
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City history
The name of Sosnowiec comes from the pine forests growing
in this area before 1830. The city was created by joining many
towns.
Rich deposits of hard coal, sand, stone and refractory clays as
well as access to rivers influenced the creation of the city and
the development of industry.
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After the third partition of
Poland, the village of
Sosnowiec found itself in the
Prussian partition - this is
where the borders of the three
partitioning powers converged,
creating the so-called The
Triangle of the Three Emperors
- and then in the Duchy of
Warsaw and the Kingdom of
Poland (in the Russian
partition).
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In the 90s of the twentieth century,
the Sosnowiec mining industry was
in decline, and with it the entire
infrastructure - mining estates,
health care, sports clubs,
community centers, departmental
schools, and industry producing for
the needs of mining.
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Do you remember ... ?
Where does the name Sosnowiec come from?​
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What did the borders of the three
partitioning powers create?
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Tourist
facilities
the Cathedral of the Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary built
in 1893-1899.
The building was built on a Latin
cross plan.
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Jan Kiepura's house
Jan Wiktor Kiepura - Polish
singer, tenor and actor.
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Multi-
denominational
Evangelical cemetery
founded in 1894.
In its central part stands the
most magnificent tomb, the
mausoleum of the Dietl family.
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Henryk Dietl's
Palace
The Dietl family is permanently
remembered by Sosnowicz residents as
industrialists who developed the city,
but also as charity activists.
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Sosnowiec Główny
The building of the Sosnowiec
Główny railway station in the
city center, in the Neo-
Renaissance style. The most
beautiful building in the city. It
was built in the years 1839-1848
and is a former border station of
the Warsaw-Vienna Railway. The
station was designed by the
famous architect Enrico
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Kresowy Park
In the 1950s, the Palm
House and the Aquarium,
known as the Exotarium,
were built in the Park. You
can see there many
interesting specimens of
desert, Mediterranean and
tropical flora.
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What else is worth visiting
in Sosnowiec?
Sielecki Castle
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Oskar Schön's Palace
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People's House
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Famous people
from Sosnowiec
Julian Królikowski
After Poland regained independence in November
1918, he joined the Polish Army.
On April 18, 1942, he arrived at the Auschwitz
concentration camp, where he died on August 18 of
that year. For his military deeds he was awarded the
Order of Virtuti Militari.
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Jan Kiepura
Polish singer (tenor)
and actor.
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Wojciech
Modest Amaro
One of the most famous
Polish chefs and the
owner of popular
restaurants. He gained
notoriety primarily as a
television personality.
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Błażej
Krzyształowicz
Former Polish volleyball player,
currently a volleyball coach. From
2015 to 2019, he was an assistant
coach of the Polish national team.
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Sources
• https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamek_Sielecki
• https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C5%82ac_Oskara_Sch%C3%B6na_w_Sosnowcu
• https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Ludowy_w_Sosnowcu
• https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/sosnowiec-najwazniejsze-informacje-i-ciekawostki/ks6pffr
Photos:
• https://stock.adobe.com/pl/search?k=sosnowiec
• https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polska/slask/modernizacja-centrum-sosnowca-przeniosa-pomnik-kiepury/3k9hl1h
• https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Dietl_Palace_in_Sosnowiec
• https://edus.ibrbs.pl/mecenat-kulturalny-zaglebiowskie-rody/#Rodzina-Dietl%C3%B3w
• https://katowice24.info/powstal-kolejny-betonowy-plac-sosnowiec-popelnil-ten-sam-blad-co-katowice-galeria/
• https://sosnowiec.naszemiasto.pl/pamietacie-jeszcze-takie-miasto-tak-wygladal-sosnowiec-20/ga/c1-7370029/zd/47275835
• https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kiepura
• https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Modest_Amaro?wprov=srpw1_0
• https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%82a%C5%BCej_Krzyszta%C5%82owicz
• https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Kr%C3%B3likowski
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Thank You for
attention!
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