Bytom
(Flag)	(Coat of Arms)
Voivodship	Silesian
Municipal government	Rada Miasta Bytom
Mayor	Krzysztof Wójcik
Area	69,3 km²
Population  - city  - urban  - density	198 000 - 2856/km²
Founded	-
City rights	1254
Latitude Longitude	50°23' N 18°54' E
Area code	+48 32
Car plates	SY
Twin towns	-
Municipal Website

Bytom (pronounce: ['bitɔm], German: Beuthen) is a city in southern Poland with 205,560 inhabitants (1999). Since 1999 it has been situated in the Silesian Voivodship, previously lying in the Katowice Voivodship (1975-1998). from pl wiki File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... from pl wiki File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... from pl wiki This work is copyrighted. ... A Voivodship (also voivodeship, Romanian: voievodat, Polish: województwo, Serbian: vojvodstvo or vojvodina) was a feudal state in medieval Romania, Hungary, Poland, Russia and Serbia (see Vojvodina), ruled by a Voivod (voivode). ... Silesian voivodship since 1999 Silesia or Silesian Voivodship(1) is an administrative region and local government unit in Poland, established in 1999 out of Katowice, CzÄ™tochowa and Bielsko-BiaÅ‚a voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganisation Act of 1998 (effective 1 January 1999). ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... // Introduction to this topic - includes background information for people living outside Poland Common to many countries - in fact there is a growing tendency to do so since the UK also began regionalising plates in 2002 - Poland has the region of registration of the vehicle encoded in the number plate. ... This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ... The purpose of this page is to lay out our policies for handling sounds, and give people some useful information for handling sound files. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Silesian voivodship since 1999 Silesia or Silesian Voivodship(1) is an administrative region and local government unit in Poland, established in 1999 out of Katowice, CzÄ™tochowa and Bielsko-BiaÅ‚a voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganisation Act of 1998 (effective 1 January 1999). ... Katowice Voivodship (Polish: województwo katowickie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Silesian Voivodship. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

History

Bytom is one of the oldest cities of Upper Silesia, having been known as Bitom in 1136 and Beuthen in 1450. It received city rights in 1254 and grew owing to its location on a strategic crossroads. Map of Upper Silesia, 1746 Upper Silesia (Polish: Górny Śląsk, German: Oberschlesien, Czech: Horní Slezsko) is the south-eastern part of Silesia, a historical and geographical region of Poland (Opole Voivodship and Silesian Voivodship) and of the Czech Republic (Silesian-Moravian Region). ... Events Completion of the Saint Denis Basilica in Paris Peter Abelard writes the Historia Calamitatum, detailing his relationship with Heloise People of Novgorod rebel against the hereditary prince Vsevolod and depose him Births Amalric I of Jerusalem William of Newburgh, English historian (died 1198) Deaths November 15 - Margrave Leopold III... Events March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 - Battle of Formigny. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ...

Bytom was moved from hand to hand as the time went by. It belonged originally to the Kingdom of Poland and became the seat of a duchy from 1281-1355. Bytom was administered by the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1289 and then fell under Austrian Habsburg rule in 1526. The city became part of the Kingdom of Prussia in 1742 and part of Imperial Germany in 1871. In 1945 it returned to Polish rule. The Kingdom of Poland during period of fragmentation was the Polish state in the years between the death of BolesÅ‚aw III the Wrymouth in 1138 and the coronation of WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw I the Elbow-high in 1320. ... For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century. ... Events January 7 - Portuguese king Afonso IV sends three men to kill Ines de Castro, beloved of his son prince Pedro - Pedro revolts and incites a civil war. ... Bohemia, Moravia, Austrian Silesia - 1892, then part of Austria_Hungary The Czech lands (in Czech: České země) or Czechia (in Czech: Česko) is an auxiliary term used for Bohemia + Moravia + Czech part of Silesia + other territories that were parts of the Kingdom of Bohemia (Lands of the Bohemian/Czech Crown) at... For broader historical context, see 1280s and 13th century. ... Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy; also used as the flag of the Austrian Empire until the Ausgleich of 1867. ... Events January 14 - Treaty of Madrid. ... Flag of Prussia (1894 - 1918) The Kingdom of Prussia existed from 1701 until 1918, and from 1871 was the leading kingdom of the German Empire, comprising in its last form almost two-thirds of the area of the Empire. ... // Events January 24 - Charles VII Albert becomes Holy Roman Emperor. ... This article or section should include material from German Monarchy The term German Empire (the translation from German of Deutsches Reich) commonly refers to Germany, from its consolidation as a unified nation-state on January 18, 1871, until the abdication of Kaiser (Emperor) Wilhelm II on November 9, 1918. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

Bytom is now an average post-industrial city. The majority of its coal mines are now closed, while steel mills are slowly fading. The city is struggling to transfer its profile from industry to services. Bytom cooperates with two cities with more-less the same problems: Recklinghausen Germany, and Butte-Silver Bow, USA. The city has a considerable unemployment rate, but it is centered in the poorest part of city, Bobrek. A post-industrial society is a proposed name for an economy that has undergone a specific series of changes in structure after a process of industrialization. ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... The old steel cable of a colliery winding tower Steel is a metal alloy whose major component is iron, with carbon being the primary alloying material. ... Recklinghausen is a city in the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Butte, Montana Butte is a city that is located in Silver Bow County, Montana and is the county seat. ...

Symbols of City

Flag

Coat of arms

Left half of Coat of Arms shows a miner getting out the coal. Right half presents yellow eagle on the blue field - the symbol of Upper Silesia. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... Coal (previously referred to as pitcoal or seacoal) is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ... Map of Upper Silesia, 1746 Upper Silesia (Polish: Górny Śląsk, German: Oberschlesien, Czech: Horní Slezsko) is the south-eastern part of Silesia, a historical and geographical region of Poland (Opole Voivodship and Silesian Voivodship) and of the Czech Republic (Silesian-Moravian Region). ...

Education

• Wyższa Szkoła Ekonomii i Administracji
• Silesian University Of Technology - Faculty of Transport

Politics

Bytom/Gliwice/Zabrze constituency

Members of Parliament (Sejm) elected from Bytom/Gliwice/Zabrze constituency This article is about the lower chamber of Polish parliament. ...

• Jan Chojnacki, SLD-UP
• Stanisław Dulias, Samoobrona
• Andrzej Gałażewski, PO
• Ewa Janik, SLD-UP
• Józef Kubica, SLD-UP
• Wacław Martyniuk, SLD-UP
• Wiesław Okoński, SLD-UP
• Wojciech Szarama, PiS
• Krystyna Szumilas, PO
• Marek Widuch, SLD-UP

External links

• Municipality of Bytom
• Old postcards from Bytom
• Customs House of Bytom
• Pictures and history of Bytom

Silesian Voivodship

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