City
Miasteczko Śląskie
Eastern Europe
Miasteczko Śląskie is a town in Upper Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice and the Silesian Highlands. It borders the Upper Silesian metropolitan area, a conurbation with a population of more than 2 million.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Founding Year Founding Year Latitude50.491222 degrees north 1 Sources
1. Miasteczko Śląskie (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 50.491222, longitude 18.922639
P2046 (area)
area 67.83 sq km
View the Source2. Wikipedia (Polish): Miasteczko Śląskie
Wikipedia (Polish)Source text, founding-year: 1561Quote, Source text, founding-year: 1561
nosiła ona staropolską nazwę Żyglińskie Gory (co oznaczało ‘żyglińskie kopalnie’), której w dokumencie lokacyjnym z 23 kwietnia 1561, nadający jej prawa miejskie Jerzy Fryderyk von Ansbach, nadał niemiecką nazwę Georgenberg (co znaczyło po pol.
View the Source 3. Miasteczko Śląskie (Wikipedia)
Lead section
The settlement was founded between 1526 and 1543.
Infobox: established_date
16th century
- In Group: Cities of Eastern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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