Zabrze
Zabrze (Polish pronunciation: [ˈzabʐɛ] ⓘ; German: 1915–1945: Hindenburg O.S., full form: Hindenburg in Oberschlesien, Silesian: Zŏbrze, Yiddish: זאַבזשע, romanized: Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Silesian Metropolis, a metropolis with a population of around 2 million. It is in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bytomka River, a tributary of the Oder.
Zabrze | |
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Ulica Wolności (Liberty Street) | |
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Flag Coat of arms | |
Zabrze | |
| Coordinates: 50°18′09″N 18°46′41″E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County | city county |
| Established | thirteenth century |
| City rights | 1922 |
| Government | |
| • City mayor | Małgorzata Mańka-Szulik |
| Area | |
| • City | 80.40 km2 (31.04 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2021) | |
| • City | 168,946 (21st) |
| • Density | 2,140/km2 (5,500/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,746,000 |
| • Metro | 4,620,624 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 41–800 to 41–820 |
| Area code | +48 32 |
| Car plates | SZ |
| Primary airport | Katowice Airport |
| Highways | |
| Website | https://www.um.zabrze.pl |
Zabrze is located in the Silesian Voivodeship, which was reformulated in 1999. Before 1999 it was in Katowice Voivodeship. It is one of the cities composing the 2.7 million inhabitant conurbation referred to as the Katowice urban area, itself a major centre in the greater Silesian metropolitan area which is populated by just over five million people. The population of Zabrze as of December 2021 was 168,946, down from June 2009 when the population was 188,122. Zabrze is bordered by three other cities of the metropolitan area: Gliwice, Bytom and Ruda Śląska.