Wodzisław Śląski is a small town located in southern Poland near the Czech border. It has a population of around 48,000 people and is divided into 7 districts. Some of the main attractions in Wodzisław Śląski include the medieval gothic church, the palace in Kokoszyce, and several parks including the "Three Hills" park. The town has a railway station and is located near the A1 motorway, providing good transportation connections. Local festivals and events include the popular Reggae Festival and Oktoberfest celebration.
2. Search Wodzisław Śląski, Poland
Wodzisław Śląski is small town located in southern
Poland, close to border with Czech Republic, about
350 kilometers south of Warsaw and about 150
kilometers west of Cracow.
3. Search Wodzisław Śląski-Location
Wodzisław Śląski-Here we are
Country: Poland
Voivodeship:Silesian
County: Wodzisław Śląski
Gmina:Wodzisław Śląski
City mayor:Mieczysław Kieca
City area:49,62 km2
Districts:Jedłownik, Stare Miasto, Wilchwy,
Zawada, Radlin II, Kokoszyce, Nowe Miasto.
5. Search Wodzisław Śląski-Eventsand Festivals
1. ReggaeFestival-„thehottest palce in the
world” in that way fans called Reggae Festival.
Festival has been enjoy popularity for almost
20 years. During this time people from whole
Wodzisław but also from differentcities (not
only Silesian) visit stadium- where takes
place Festival and enjoy good music, food and
atmosphere.
2. Daysof city-3 days musicparty which
takes plays in the open air. Entance costs
a fewzlotys but it’s worthy. You can watch
and listen to local artists but also popular
and known all over Poland singers and
bands.
3. Oktoberfest-probably you know this name
and first thing on your mind are Germany.
That is truebut Wodzisław had belonged to
Germanyand some traditions are still
presentin our life. Oktoberfestlasts whole
week but the name can confuse. In Wodzisław
it takes in the middle of September maybe
becauseof weatherbut the party takes place
in special tents so rain
does not scare. Oktoberfestas we know is
beer festivalso during it you can try different
kinds of beer and eat delicious, traditional
food listening to typical Silesian music.
7. Search Wodzisław Śląski-History
Wodzisław Śląski like each city in Poland has curious but also difficulthistory. My city’s history begins in 1257 when to Wodzisław moved Minorite
Order. Medievaltime was timeof wildfires and assaults. Then Wodzisław found way into Count Ferdinand von Dittrichsteinhands but not for a long
period of time.Over timeWodzisław had a lot of owners”. When came timeafterI World War in Silesia broke out threeSilesian Uprising afterthat in
cities carried out elections in which Wodzislaw’s citizen chose that theypreferlife under Germanrule but finally the League of Nations attached
Wodzislaw to Poland. Historyrepeat itselfand in 1939 Germanarmy again occupied Wodzisław but Polish army didn’t give up and regained control
of Polish lands.
8. Search Wodzislaw Slaski- Famous people
1. Tomasz Sikora-
polish biathlete, silver
Olympic Champion in
2006, golden world
champion in 1995 and
multiplechampion of
Europe.
2. Marian Dziędziel-
polish actor, you can
know him from
differentmovies and
series like:
„Leśniczówka” or
„Pitbull. Ostatnipies.”
3. Franiczek Pieczka-
polish actor, known as
Gustlik from „Czterej
pancerni i pies”.
Unfortunatelyhe died
in September2022.
4. Kamil Wilczek- polish
football player, he plays
as a forward in Polish
football club- Piast
Gliwice.
9. Search Wodzisław Śląski-Industry
The whole Silesia is known for mine industry-
as well Wodzisław. Nowadays in our citythere
are not any opened mine because the last one
was closed almost 22 years ago. Howeverin
neigbours cities (Radlin, Rydułtowy) thereare
fewso if you would like to work as a miner, you
have to chose differentlocalization.
I can not forget about big companies producing
windows (Eko-okna (still under construction),
TermoProfil) where a lot of peope found
employment.Pol-Eko – company which occurs
production of labolatory devices, working on
european scale but also thereare some
smaller comapies where you can find job
(supermarkets,shopping mall, beautysalons,
wholesales and much more).
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1. 0-14 years
old
2. 15-24
years old
3. 25-34
years old
4. 35-44
years old
5. 45- 54
years old
6. 55-64
years old
7. 65-74
years old
8. 75-84
years old
9. 85+ years
old
POPULATION
Wodzisław Śląski-Population
Someday Wodzisław belonged to the biggest cities
in Silesia but cos of World Wars and natural
disasters became small one. We could see
unexpected development of city in the 60s and 70s
of the twentieth century when to Wodzisław
attached Radlin, Rydułtowy, Marklowice and Pszów
(around 100 000 citizens). It didn’t last for a long
time because in the 90s all those cities become
separate. Nowadays in Wodzisaław live 47 813
people (2019).
11. Search Wodzisław Śląski- How to get there ?
Wodzisław Śląski is situatedat the junction of several major lines of road,
railway and air communication. Only 5 km from centerthe town crossing
motorway A1. The town is crossed by one national road ( "DK78" ) and three
regional roads running from Gliwice to Ostravaand regional roads from Żory
and JastrzębieZdrój to Racibórz. The railway junction at "Wodzisław Śląski" is a
major transshipment point ( to Vienna, Prague, Varsow)
The town is very well
connected to three
international airports:
Katowice – Pyrzowice
(about 80 km (50 mi) away),
Kraków – Balice (about 100
km (62 mi) away) and
Ostrava – Mosnov (about
45 km (28 mi) away).
12. Search Wodzisław Śląski- How to get there?
As we can see on the map there are
few ways how to get to Dąbrowa
Górniczna. I think the fastest way is
driving on highways A1 and A4- it is
almost 90 kilometersand 1 hour and
10 minutes.
13. Search Wodzisław Śląski- Tourist facilities
In Wodzisław there are a lot of
restaurants, cafeterias and hotels in
differents discrits of city so spending
few days in our city enjoying nature
which is missing here is a brilliant idea.
Also from morning to evening you can
catch public buses which cost only 2
zloty one way but you can go from one
side of town to another. If you prefer
faster way of transport, you can rent a
scooter. In Wodzisław also there are a
lot of bike paths which leads to Market
Squere.
15. Search Wodzisław Śląski- What to visit ?
Wodzisławbelongsto small cities but
possessa lot of curious places not only
connected with nature but also with
history. In group of the most popular
monuments you can find:
- The medieval gothic church
- The palace in Kokoszyce
- The old town square
- Wall Tower
- Museum
and parques or recreational centre:
- ”Three Hills” parque
- Balaton- recreational centre
- A few paths in woods
17. Search Wodzisław Śląski- Sport
Inhabitants of Wodzisławare „sports freaks”.
They love sport and each types of competitions. In
our city there are sport clubes:football- Odra
Wodzisław,biathlon- UKS Strzał Wodzisław
basketball- ZKK Olimpia, volleyball-MKS Zorza.
In spring, summer and autumn city authorities
organise different kind of competitions such as:
marathones, basketball,football,voleyball
matches for everyone in every age, swimming
competitions and much more. What is more
18. Search Wodzisław Śląski-Education
Education in Wodzisław is on high level but first of all in our city there are 13 primary schools and 5 high schools.
Univercities only have their branches – the most common is TEB school where a lot of peoplein different ages try
their best to get additional degree.You can find there floristic, information, pedagogical coursesand much more.
What is more our high schools are located on high places in „Perspektywy” ranking. You can experience Erasmus
exchanges, international competitions- thanks to which you can recive extra points for univercities.
19. Search Wodzisław Śląski- Weather
The climate of the area is
continental humid. The
average temperature is 8°C
(average −1.7 °C ) in January
and up to average 17.7°C (in
July). Yearly rainfall averages
at 786 mm, the most rainy
month being July. The area's
characteristic weak and
medium winds blow at about 4
m/s from the south-west.
20. Search Wodzisław Śląski- Local traditions
In Wodzisławwe have a lot of local traditions as
inhabitants are always very family people.They take
care of passing on traditions from generation to
generation. I would like to present: „dożynki”,„festyny”
or traditional Silesian dishes.
21. Search Wodzisław Śląski- Silesian dialect
1- Kluczbork Silesiandialect, 2- Opole
Silesiandialect,3- NiemodlinSilesian
dialect,4- Prudnik Silesian dialect,5-
Gliwice Silesiandialect,6a-6b-
Borderland Silesian-LesserPolish
dialect7- CieszynSilesiandialect,8-
Jabłonków Silesiandialect,9-
Borderland Silesian-Lachdialect
• Silesian or Upper Silesian is a West Slavic ethnolect of eitherthe Lechitic group or the
Czech–Slovak group, spoken by a small percentageof people in Silesia. Its vocabulary
was significantly influencedby Central Germandue to the existenceof numerous
Silesian Germanspeakers in the area prior to World War IIand after.
• Native Speakers:510 000
22. Search
Silesian Polish English
koło rower bike
cera córka daughter
galoty spodnie pants
synek chłopak boy/boyfreind
bania dynia pumpkin
bajtel dziecko child
gibać się spieszyć się hurry
hyc upał heat
yno tylko only
kaj gdzie where
gańba wstyd shame
Wodzisław Śląski- Silesian dialect
23. Search Wodzisław Śląski- Legends
He is the most famous and probably the happiest drowning. Legend has it
that he was an angel a long time ago, but for his evil deeds he was cast
down from heaven. Unlike many others, he did not fall to the ground,
thanks to which he did not becomea devil. He landed in the swamps by the
Lesnica River, where he made friend with Beelzebub.For a time, they
made life difficultfor the locals together,but they did not react as the
creaturesexpected.
People were simply not afraid of them.
Discouraged, Beelzebubfled to an
underground hideout, but Zeflik began to
look at the people and became clearly
interestedin them.Aftersome time,he
even allowed himself to be bribed by the
miller whom he had persecutedso far.
For a clay pipe and a bag of tobacco, he
became his companion to drink, and after
some time his son-in-law - he fell in love
with the man's daughter and afterlong
persuasion obtained permission from her
fatherto mariage.
24. Search Wodzisław Śląski- Questions
1. What is the name of president of Wodzisław
?
2. How many discrits is Wodzisław divided
into ?
3. Are there any hotel in Wodzisław ?
4. Can you name 2 events ogranised in
Wodzisław?
5. What is the name of „utopek” ?
6. Can you say what does it mean „cera” in
English ?
