Łaziska Górne

Łaziska Górne [waˈʑiska ˈɡurnɛ] (German: Ober Lazisk, Silesian: Gōrne Łaziska) is a town in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. Borders on the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union – metropolis with the population of 2 million. Located in the Silesian Highlands.

Łaziska Górne
Town hall
Town hall
Flag of Łaziska Górne
Flag
Coat of arms of Łaziska Górne
Coat of arms
Łaziska Górne is located in Poland
Łaziska Górne
Łaziska Górne
Łaziska Górne is located in Silesian Voivodeship
Łaziska Górne
Łaziska Górne
Coordinates: 50°9′N 18°51′E
Country Poland
Voivodeship Silesian
CountyMikołów
GminaŁaziska Górne (urban gmina)
Government
 • MayorAleksander Wyra
Area
 • City20.7 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population
 (2019-06-30[1])
 • City22,298
 • Density1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
 • Urban
2,746,000
 • Metro
5,294,000
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
43-170 to 43-173
Car platesSMI
National roads
Websitewww.laziska.pl

It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since its formation in 1999, previously in Katowice Voivodeship, and before then, of the Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship. Łaziska is one of the towns of the 2,7 million conurbation - Katowice urban area and within a greater Silesian metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people.[2] The population of the town is 22,298 (2019).

History
Our Lady Queen of the Rosary church

Łaziska is historically subdivided into three parts: Łaziska Dolne (Lower Łaziska), Łaziska Średnie (middle Łaziska) and Łaziska Górne (upper Łaziska). All of them are now part of the town, which was named only after the last one. The oldest settlement was located in what is now Łaziska Średnie. The village Łaziska was first mentioned in 1287 as villa Lasiszka, although the document could have been a falsificate. The second in seniority was Łaziska Dolne, and the youngest Łaziska Górne.

It was part of medieval Piast-ruled Poland, and then passed under Bohemian (Czech) suzerainty. During the political upheaval caused by Matthias Corvinus the land around Pszczyna was overtaken by Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn, who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian magnates of the Thurzó family, forming the Pless state country. In the accompanying sales document issued on 21 February 1517 the two villages were mentioned as Lazyska Dolny and Lazyska Horny.[3] Łaziska Średnie was, in contrary to Łaziska Dolne and Łaziska Górne, a private village until 1814.

The Kingdom of Bohemia in 1526 became part of the Habsburg monarchy. In the War of the Austrian Succession most of Silesia was conquered by the Kingdom of Prussia, including the three sister settlements, and from 1871 all were part of Germany. In 1913, the Polish choir "Echo" was founded in Łaziska Górne, as one of the oldest in the region, and then it operated despite repressions from the German authorities, before the temporary suspension of activities during World War I.[4] In 1918 the war ended and Poland regained independence, and after the subsequent Polish Silesian Uprisings, which were also fought in Łaziska, all three settlements were reintegrated with Poland.

Already on September 2–3, 1939, in the beginning of the German invasion of Poland and World War II, German troops committed massacres of Poles in Łaziska Górne, Łaziska Dolne and Łaziska Średnie, killing 26, 17 and 19 people, respectively (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[5] On September 6, 1939, the Freikorps murdered seven more Poles in Łaziska Górne.[5] Among the victims of the massacres were former insurgents of the Silesian Uprisings, activists, miners, craftsmen, workers, a teacher, local official, farmer, and also teenagers and women.[5] The town was then occupied by Germany until 1945. Seven Polish policemen who were either born or served in Łaziska were murdered by the Russians in Tver in April–May 1940 during the large Katyn massacre.[6] The Germans established and operated a forced labour camp for Jews in Łaziska Górne,[7] and the E393 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in Łaziska Średnie.[8]

In 1951, Łaziska Górne was granted town rights,[9] and in 1973 Łaziska Dolne and Łaziska Średnie were included within its town limits as new districts.

Industry
Bolesław Śmiały Coal Mine

Sports

Polonia Łaziska Górne sports club is based in the town, with football, volleyball and bowling sections.[10]

Twin towns – sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland

Łaziska Górne is twinned with:[11][12]

References
  1. "Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June". stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  2. European Spatial Planning Observation Network (ESPON) "Project 1.4.3". Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  3. Musioł, Ludwik (1930). "Dokument sprzedaży księstwa pszczyńskiego z dn. 21. lutego 1517 R." Roczniki Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk na Śląsku. Katowice: nakł. Towarzystwa ; Drukiem K. Miarki. R. 2: 235–237. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  4. "1908-1938". Chór Echo (in Polish). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. pp. 132–133.
  6. Rudy, Marcin (2017). "Łaziscy policjanci zamordowani w 1940 roku przez NKWD". Gazeta Łaziska (in Polish). Vol. 1, no. 369. p. 21. ISSN 1643-1200.
  7. "Zwangsarbeitslager für Juden Ober Lazisk". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. "Working Parties". Lamsdorf.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  9. Rozporządzenie Prezesa Rady Ministrów z dnia 8 listopada 1950 r. w sprawie nadania ustroju miejskiego niektórym gminom w województwach: katowickim i warszawskim, gromadzie Hajnówka w województwie białostockim oraz zniesienia i zmiany granic niektórych miast i gmin w województwach katowickim i białostockim., Dz. U. z 1950 r. Nr 51, poz. 472
  10. "KS Polonia Łaziska Górne" (in Polish). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  11. "Partnerská města". ic-fulnek.cz (in Czech). Informační centrum Fulnek. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  12. "Zahraničné vzťahy mesta Vrútky". vrutky.sk (in Slovak). Vrútky. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
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