Discover Katowice

What the F** is this article? Katowice a little town???? :D I spent some time in Katowice and it doesn't look like small city, Krakow - yes, small backward village, but Katowice small town????

As a child in 1943, I visited Katowice on numerous occasions. I think that is where my mother's parents lived. Their name is Maria Biernacka and Franchiszek Solecki.How cpuld I find out if they lived there?

mis abuelos, gaczynski, antonio y Victoria Tomchuk eran de Katowice, pero vinieron a Argentina en 1931. Como saber de familiares?

I visited Katowice in 1972. I met some lovely friends. I corresponded with Jan& Bogusia Swierkot, who now live in Bytom, but have lost track of them. I love the Polish people!

Tadeusz Kubica (86 +-) wrocil do Polski po drugiej ,razem bylismy w Polskiej szkole w Palestynie ,Czy on jeszcze zyje.chcialem powiediec Halo. i porozmawiac jerzeli jeszcz jest obecny.

Although I live in France, I often go to Katowice (like twice a year or so) and I even bought an apartment there this year. I love this city, it's perfectly located, has great malls, awesome restaurants (karczma pod mlynem) and i just love Nikishowiec at daytime of course. there are cool parks and i just hang out with my old friends all the time. the best holiday destination ever, you simply can't get bored...

My mothers family is from Katowice. My grandparents were fleeing the war when my grandmother was pregnant with my mother. I hope one day to visit and look for any relatives. The family name is Maj.

First of all, I,m from Scotland - NOT UK. My Babcia lived and died in Chorzow, I went to visit her home last month and I nearly died with shock when I saw the lack of progress in Silesia in general. But I still belive in Silesia - the land of my Babcia i Dziadek.

I was born there and actualy miss it. Lived here nearly in US 30 years yet, still something pulls me back. Visted few times and taken my children back. My kids loved it. Although, most of the family has moved back to Germany. Still we want to visit it again. Someone asked about orphanage the only one that i can recall was in Szopienice near a cemetary it was called Dom Dzieca. I remember walking pass it when walking up the hill to the cemetary. In 2003 it ws still there.

I hope to travel to poland and visit the birth place of my father,he was born in kierzno which is near kepno.I'm told its's a beautiful country

I was born in Kattowice.I will visit Kattowice in late July 2010 I would like to find my family, Kubica and Klimaniec.

Jesse and Tristan is sitting next to me

HI

iwant to know more details about foto "holas"in the past.if its possible,i want to know more about Bushman family that was the owners.

thank you

My grandad came from Katowice; Jan Fojcik, (son of Maria and Josef Fojcik), any information or leads would be great as it is difficult to access records remotely.

My mum and I have put off going to the city, but I feel the time is coming. I's good to read the range of opinions.

All of the above sounds true. Katovice has 300000 inhabitants, but the urban sprawl is 3 million.
A few streets are very attractive, and so are the recently developed huge shopping malls, but the general appearance is shabby. There is some seriousluy heavy industry left, but most factories and mines have been closed, which looks sad.

The budget flights to Katowice are cheap, and hotel accommodation is from about 30 euros per night, breakfast included. Look up Hotel Polon1a in Katowice to see what I mean.

Public transport costs per week what I spend in Holland in a day, and it's everywhere.

I visited the Katowice area 3 times and I intend to go there again. I suppose that tells you something...

Well in fact Katowice's agglomeration is more than twice bigger than Krakow's.
The point is history - while Krakow was developing and it dominates all surrounding villages around, cities in Katowice's agglomeration became more-less equally developed. In our area we say that we are different, but equal:)

Plus something worth noting - Bytom, a city within Katowice's agglomeration is older than Krakow. I mean, it gained the rights to be a city a bit earlier in XIII century.

Hi MT! I know Krzysztof Oset and the message was provide ;)

Just wanted to bring to everyones' attention, that the entire world has filty places. Check Mexico City, Los Angeles, New York, China, Belgrade to name a few... not that I am excusing the poles but reality is that there is no heaven on earth!
To those there are from Poland can you tell how the heck you can find phone directories in your country?
Have a great day!!!!

Siema :P
jestem z Niemczech,
i co roku jade do polski 3 razy :PP
i babcia mieszka w katowicach :))

Pozdrawiam wszystkich ;*;*;*

Well said: "do not look like disney world, this place is real and i love it"

I love this place too and all other cities around Katowice like Bytom or Gliwice with medieval market places surrounded by coal-mines...

When i was a little boy i was in a orphanige in katowice.... does it still exist?

I'd like to know where the village of budnanuvka (sp?) is in relation to this city. Family may have come from there.

hi,people in katowice.i'm looking for a man who named krzysztof oset,if someone knows him,please tell him i still keep his lighter for him,please dont worry.i will try my best to send it to him.

Hi i was looking as my Father(Tadeusz Zajac) came from here during the war he had a brother i knew as Eddie & i think he had sisters who stayed in Poland

I was born in Katowice have not visited but would like to some time.I'm looking for my mother's relatives but have no idea where to begin. My mother's name was Krystyne Filak

been there a few times and the more i go back the nicer thigs i see, it is interesting and alive. i like places that do not look like disney world, this place is real and i love it

This city was so dirty and we were robbed by two kids on scooters. So glad to live, or be from, this place. I would never go back there.

I was born in katowice poland I loved it and no it was not clean but you should see it now. now i have moved to wales to work and now im a builder and i visit family once a month out in poland we do have a lot to offer in poland

I visited Katowice in March, 1992--was only there briefly but my American sensibilities were shocked by the pollution and dirt. Yet I could see the lovely city still there under the grime, and I do hope, as the years have passed, that the dirt has been cleaned away and the gems of the old city brought back into view.

i would say that population of katowice can not be measured without surrounding cities of the upper silesian metropolitan union (katowice agglomeration). therefore it is about 3,000,000. this is one continuous high dense city area! krakow apart of the old town is rather a low dense type.
as i said before, with the industrial heritage - katowice (and agglomeration) is not for wimps!
krakow is pretty nice though but bit dull ;-)

Can this the place I went to last month?
It's a dump.

ooi, katowice is no way bigger than cracow! the population of katowice is just above 300,000! cracow has almost three times that, and is much prettier and more interesting culturally. katowice does have better concerts, but it's because it has better venues and a nice stadium.

katowice (and agglomeration) is a great, modern city! it is misleading in the article about size of katowice! about 3 milion people is living there, few times more than in cracow. music scene is much better than in cracow! i recommend the spodek arena - great concerts!
according to locals classic music concerts are the best in poland (katowice is a home of polish national orchestra) . i went to one at a big white building in the katowice downtown - really impressive (the music).
katowice - not for wimps!

This is the city of my mother's birth. I am seeking anyone and all that may know her. Her name was Leokakja Kupiec. Born to Stanley Kupiec and Joanna. She was taken from this city at the age of 17. She was born in 1924 here. Her brothers were Joseph, Walter, and sisters, Amelia, Sophia. If you knew of her or her please let me know through this site.

Just found a cheap flight from Scotland so next free weekend I'll try Katowice .. thanks

i was born in katowice

Irka M

kto pisze,ten zostajie. ;-)
weiter so!,gruß an Katowice.

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