Zawiercie

Infobox Settlement
name = Zawiercie
image_shield = POL Zawiercie COA.svg
pushpin_

pushpin_label_position = bottom
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = POL
subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship
subdivision_name1 = Silesian
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Zawiercie County
subdivision_type3 = Gmina
subdivision_name3 = Zawiercie (urban gmina)
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Mirosław Mazur
elevation_min_m = 300
elevation_max_m = 400
area_total_km2 = 85.24
population_as_of = 2006
population_total = 52926
population_density_km2 = auto
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +1
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +2
latd = 50
latm = 30
lats =
latNS = N
longd = 19
longm = 25
longs =
longEW = E
postal_code_type = Postal code
postal_code = 42-400 to 42-431
blank_name = Car plates
blank_info = SZA
website = http://www.um.zawiercie.pl

Zawiercie [IPA-pl|z|a|'|w|j|e|r|ć|e] (zavʲertɕə) is a city in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland with 55,800 inhabitants (2005). It is situated in the Kraków-Częstochowa highland near the source of the Warta River.

History

In the 12th century the settlement was a village called Kromołów (currently a district of Zawiercie). It expanded in the 19th century and received town privileges in 1915. While Zawiercie was occupied by Nazi Germany, it was known in German as "Warthenau" between 1941 and 1945.In 1847, the Warsaw-Vienna Railway was completed. The railroad connection facilitated the trade between Russia, Germany and Austria. The fact that Zawiercie was located less than one kilometre from the railroad triggered the rapid development of the region. Twenty-five years later, there were coal and iron ore mines in Zawiercie and an industry was developed around the mines in the town. The first industrial plant, a glass factory, started around 1870. Immediately other industries followed; a large cotton spinnery, large weaving mill, iron mining, cast iron, brick manufacturing, sawmill, chemical laboratories, steam and water flour mills, machining, etc. The flourishing economics accelerated the local population growth.

Education

* University of Administration and Management

External links

* [http://www.zawiercie.pl Official website]