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Wełnowiec-Józefowiec
Katowice District in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wełnowiec-Józefowiec (German: Hohenlohehütte-Josephsdorf) is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 3.15 km2 and in 2007 had 15.924 inhabitants.[1]
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Wełnowiec-Józefowiec | |
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![]() Wełnowiec-Józefowiec | |
![]() Location of Wełnowiec-Józefowiec within Katowice | |
Coordinates: 50°16′48.575″N 19°01′13″E | |
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Voivodeship | Silesian |
County/City | Katowice |
Area | |
• Total | 3.15 km2 (1.22 sq mi) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 15,924 |
• Density | 5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Area code | (+48) 032 |
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The district consists of two historical settlements:
- Wełnowiec (German: Hohenlohehütte), first mentioned in the 17th century, initially a hamlet of Bogucice; before 1922 also known as Hohenlohehütte, after a local steel mill;
- Józefowiec (German: Josephsdorf), established in 1826 by rev. Józef Beder, a Catholic priest from Chorzów;
- Hohenlohehütte in Wełnowiec, a picture from the 19th century
- St Joseph church in Józefowiec