Zabrze: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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PLN 149 - 171 Ibis Katowice - Zabrze
 Conveniently located just 500 metres from the Zabrze Railway Station, Ibis Katowice – Zabrze offers modern rooms with satellite TV and air condition… MorePLN 127 - 335 Hotel Silvia
 Half-way between Gliwice and Zabrze, easily accessible via the A4 motorway, this modern 3-star hotel combines a central location with first-class serv… MorePLN 150 - 284 Hotel Diament
 Diament Hotel offers free Wi-Fi and is conveniently situated 3 km from Zabrze town centre and railway stations with Krakow-Wroclaw motorway just 2 km … MorePLN 120 - 240 Alpex
 Alpex is a modern hotel in Zabrze, close to the city centre. It features free internet, free private parking, meeting rooms and a restaurant bar servi… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zabrze: Guide
Zabrze (pronounced: Zabrze, from 1915-1945 Hindenburg) is a city in southern [[Poland with 194,041 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodship (1975-1998).
History
Zabrze was originally a village first mentioned in the 13th century. Beginning in the Late Middle Ages the village became increasingly Germanization|Germanized after the local Silesian Piast dukes invited Germans|German settlers to the territory. Zabrze was inherited by the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria in 1526 and was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia during the 18th century Silesian Wars. Zabrze became an important site for mining in the German Empire upon its foundation in 1871. The settlement received its city charter only in 1922.
Zabrze was officially renamed Hindenburg in 1915 to honor Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg; the new name was used until 1945-05-19. After the city became part of Poland in that year following World War II, the original name Zabrze was restored and most of the remaining German inhabitants were Expulsion of Germans after World War II|expelled according to the Potsdam Conference.
Because of the heavy levels of pollution caused by the mining industry, the triangle of land between Zabrze, Chorzów, and Bytom has locally become known as 'death triangle'. The term is recognised outside Upper Silesia although not used as often. Some treat Ruda Śląska as the southern tip of the triangle instead of Zabrze.
Politics
Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Bytom/Gliwice/Zabrze constituency
Chojnacki Jan, SLD-UP
Dulias Stanisław, Samoobrona
Gałażewski Andrzej, PO
Janik Ewa, SLD-UP
Kubica Józef, SLD-UP
Martyniuk Wacław, SLD-UP
Okoński Wiesław, SLD-UP
Szarama Wojciech, PiS
Szumilas Krystyna, PO
Widuch Marek, SLD-UP
Sports
Like other towns in this populous region, it is an important manufacturing centre, having coal-mines, iron, wire, glass, chemical and Petroleum|oil works, brewery|breweries, etc.
Sangerhausen, Germany
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Górnik Zabrze - Football in Poland|men football team (Polish Champion 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1985, 1986]], 1987, 1988; Polish Cup winner 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972; Polish Supercup winner 1988; 1st league in season 2005/2006) Economy
Sister cities
Zabrze is twinned with the following cities:
Seclin, France
Lund, Sweden
Sønderborg, Denmark
Hazleton, United States
Trnava, Slovakia
Opava, Czech Republic
Kaliningrad, Russia
Rivne, UkraineExternal links