Tarnowskie Góry

Infobox Settlement
name = Tarnowskie Góry


image_caption = The market square (Rynek) in Tarnowskie Góry with the Neo-Romanesque Protestant church on the right side

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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Tarnowskie Góry County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Tarnowskie Góry (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Arkadiusz Czech
area_total_km2 = 83.47
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 61107
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 50 | latm = 27 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 18 | longm = 52 | longs = | longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 42-600 do 42-609 oraz 42-680 i 42-612
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = STA
website = http://www.tarnowskiegory.pl/

Tarnowskie Góry [IPA-pl|t|a|r|'|n|o|f|s|k|j|e|-|'|g|u|r|y] ( _de. Tarnowitz) is a town in southern Poland with 61,642 inhabitants (2005). Situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), it was previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975-1998). It is the seat of Tarnowskie Góry County.

Personalities

*George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach from the House of Hohenzollern, co-founder of Tarnowitz
*Alexander Kohut, talmudist and orientalist, rabbi of Tarnowitz (1865-67)
*Theodora Paula Helene von Limburg-Stirum, countess
*Jan Miodek, linguist
*Philipp Roth, cellist
*Józef Wandzik, footballer
*Carl Wernicke, physician and neuropathologist.
*Klaus Wyrtki, geophysicist

External links

* [http://www.tarnowskiegory.pl/index.php?lang=en&menu=0&dzial=42&kat=262&flash=9 Municipal website]
* [http://www.tarnowskiegory.info.pl/ Tarnowskie Góry - Portal Informacyjny] pl icon