Kolonia Zgorzelec (or simply Zgorzelec, German: Skorzeletz) is a workers' settlement (Polish: kolonia robotnicza) in Bytom, Poland.
Kolonia Zgorzelec
Zgorzelec | |
|---|---|
workers' settlement in Bytom | |
.jpg) Birds eye view of Zgorzelec, Bytom. | |
| Coordinates: 50°19′30″N 18°54′00″E / 50.325°N 18.900°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County/City | Bytom |
| District | Łagiewniki |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.07 km2 (0.03 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 152 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 41-909 |
Zgorzelec is composed of 34 familok buildings [1] and is registered on Poland's Registry of Objects of Cultural Heritage (Polish: Rejestr zabytków) from 1994.[2] The settlement is located in south-western Łagiewniki, Bytom and is bordered by Szombierki (a district of Bytom) in the north, Ruda Śląska in the west and Świętochłowice in the south.
History
editZgorzelec was built from 1897 to 1901[3][2] on the initiative of Hubert von Tiele-Winckler[1] to accommodate workers from the nearby Hubertushütte (Polish: Huta Hubertus, from 1936 Huta Zygmunt) steel mill on the order of the Kattowitz Joint-Stock Company for Mining and Ironworks.
References
edit- ^ a b "Kolonia Zgorzelec (podobszar 19)". bytomodnowa.pl.
- ^ a b "Kolonia Zgorzelec w Bytomiu: będzie rewitalizacja!". dziennikzachodni.pl.
- ^ "Bytom: Kolonia Zgorzelec prawie jak na końcu świata". bytom.naszemiasto.pl.
Sources
edit- "Kolonia Zgorzelec (podobszar 19)". bytomodnowa.pl. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- "Bytom: Kolonia Zgorzelec prawie jak na końcu świata". bytom.naszemiasto.pl. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
- "Kolonia Zgorzelec w Bytomiu: będzie rewitalizacja!". dziennikzachodni.pl. Retrieved October 6, 2020.