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Giszowiec is one of the quarters of Katowice. It is situated about 7 km from the city centre. Giszowiec is surrended by forests from three sides. About 50% of the area of the quarter is covered by forests. This make Giszowiec one of the most beautiful and green place in Katowice.
Giszowiec was founded in 1907 for the workers of coal mine called Giesche (today's: Wieczorek). The population of Giszowiec is about 18.5 thousand people.
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Pressure's tower is situated on the highest point of Giszowiec in Gorniczego Stanu street in Giszowiec. The tower was built at the beginning of XX century and its job was to supply water for houses. In 1990 the tower was completly destoryed and one of the mobile company insted of putting its aerial agreed to make general reparations.
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Giszowiec has a unique architecture. The settlement for about 5 thousand people was founded in a forest which was bought by the Giesche Company for the price of 30 million German marks. Soon after founding the settlement people used to dream about living here. Giszowiec got the name of the settlement - garden!
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Kindergaten is situated at Pod Lipami Square. It used to be foresters' house. This is the biggest building of the old part of Giszowiec. In 1929 Silesian - American Corporation bought more than 50% of proprity of the coal mine Giesche, the director of the mine moved to the building. It is the kindergaten incessantly from 1960 with about 75 children.
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Jewish Cemetery is one of the oldest necropoles in Katowice founded in 1868, extended in 1927, 1945, the original arrangement of the necropolis preserved, the tree complex, tombstones from the XIXth century. A place of burial of persons of merit for the story of Katowice: Goldstein, Schalsch, Grunfeld and others.
You may see that there is the older cemetery and the newest one, as well as some really new thombs. More photos of the cemetery in my travelouge.
The cemetery is located in Kozielska street (not far from the main railway station).
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Kosciuszko Park in Katowice Brynow belongs to the biggest and oldest parks in Katowice. In fact, it is very beautiful, even in the winter.:) It was founded in XIX/XX century and it was called South Park (Park Poludniowy). The Park got the name Kosciuszko in 1922, founded by the Management of City's Gardens of the City Hall in Katowice. In 1937 a parachute's tower was erected in the park. The tower used to be the point of defiance of scouts during WWII. There is also the pearl of Katowice in the park - the wooden Church of St. Michael Archangel from XVI century. There is also a monument of Kosiuszko in the park. This is the place where you can find green trees even in the middle of the winter.:)
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Houses were designed in the way that all streets between them lead to the main square called Wyzwolenia square. Now there are: church, post office (with beautiful red roses on the wall), museum of Katowice and the sign on one of walls in Polish and English saying that the place is under protection as Nikiszowiec is an interesting architectual complex.
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Silesian Inn (Karczma Slaska) is one of the most impressive buildings. Miners had their cateteria in the garden and two club's halls. The biggest hall used to be a dancing and theatre's one. Till 2001 it was a restaurant, beerhouse and bowling pub.
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In the house on November 6 - 11, 1884 took place a meeting of Syjon Lovers Movement (Hovevej Syjon). This meeting is called `Katowice Conference` and lead to eltablish Izrael as independet country....
There is a Jewish Community of Katowice now in the house. The Community has its agencies in Bytom and Gliwice. There is also a Prayers' House in 13 Mlynska street. The Community has about twenty cemetries under protection and a kosher bar... During Warld War II Germans distructed Synagoga in Katowice in September 1939. All Jewish had to move from Katowice to Sosnowiec. After WW II many Jewish came back to Katowice. There were even about 1500 Jewish at the time. However, most of them emigrated soon.... Phone: +48 32 253 77 42
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