Geography Atlas

Where Everything Happened
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
City

Będzin

Eastern Europe

Bedzin is a city in the Dabrowa Basin in southern Poland, in the Silesian Highlands on the Czarna Przemsza River. Although part of Silesian Voivodeship, it belongs historically to the Lesser Poland region and is one of the oldest towns in that region, regarded as the capital of the industrial Dabrowa Basin.

Facts
Population
58,236 1
Founding Year
1301 2
Founding Year
801 to 900 CE 3
Sources
1. GeoNames: Będzin
GeoNames geonameid 3103719 (Będzin), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Wikipedia (Polish): Będzin
Wikipedia (Polish)Source text, founding-year: 1301
Quote, Source text, founding-year: 1301
Najstarsza wzmianka o wsi Będzin pochodzi z 1301 r.
View the Source
3. Będzin (Wikipedia)
  • Infobox
    Infobox field Established : 9th century
  • Infobox: established_date
    9th century
View the Source
Bedzin (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.