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Discover Wełnowiec-Józefowiec
The district Wełnowiec-Józefowiec of Zespół dzielnic północnych in Katowice (Województwo Śląskie) is a subburb in Poland about 160 mi south-west of Warsaw, the country's capital city.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Katowice, Chorzow, Siemianowice Slaskie, Czeladz and Swietochlowice. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 22°C / 71 °F
Morning Temperature | 13°C / 55 °F |
Evening Temperature | 23°C / 73 °F |
Night Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 2% |
Air Humidity | 44% |
Air Pressure | 1008 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 98% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
15°C (60 °F)
12°C (53 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 8th of May 2024
16°C (60 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Thursday, 9th of May 2024
15°C (59 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Monopol
Hotel Diament Plaza Katowice
Park Hotel Diament
ActivPark Apartamenty
Novotel Katowice Centrum
EuroResidence Apartment Home
Q Hotel Plus Katowice
Vienna House Easy Angelo Katowice
Hotel Forum Katowice
Courtyard Katowice City Center
Videos from this area
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GKS Katowice - ROW Rybnik (14.09.2013)
GKS Katowice 2 - 1 ROW Rybnik (14.09.2013) 1:0 Przemysław Pitry 15' 1:1 Idrissa Cissé 31' 2:1 Przemysław Pitry 49'
Mayday 2013 Katowice - Members of Mayday
Members of Mayday 2013 - Katowice, Polska ZDJĘCIA/PHOTOS: http://www.fotoz.pl/mayday_2013/
Wrak Race Silesia 9, Katowice 24.11.2013- Konduktorska
Opis i zdjęcia na: http://24silesia.pl/sport/item/291-wrak-race-silesia-9-katowice wyścigi wraków, złomów, Rally Wrecks of Poland.
Cosplay And Girls IEM 2015 ESL
Fanfage uczestników: https://www.facebook.com/pages/DuoBot-Cosplay/1416486138612830?sk=timeline https://www.facebook.com/CraftsOfTwo https://www.facebook.com/IssabelCosplay ...
[ Kolejka Rudy ] Las49-3343 w w Parku Śląskim - Chorzów 2014-06-19
Wizyta rudzkiego Laska w Parku Śląskim. (c) by OStrip group in 2014r. ostrip.kolej.org.pl - visit us.
Chorzów Kolejka wąskotorowa WPKiW parkowa (2011.07.23) + zdjęcia wnętrza
Manewry przepinania ciągnika i parę zdjęć na koniec - w tym wnętrze spalinówki.
Tuwim- Siemianowice Śląskie
testowe nagranie z tymczasowej kamery...bedzie lepsza jakość jak bedzie docelowa kamera.
2014-09-30 - Silesia City Center Katowice CH centrum handlowe z lotu ptaka - HD
2014-09-30 - Silesia City Center Katowice CH centrum handlowe - HD - Katowice z lotu ptaka - Galeria handlowa - Katowice nocą.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers (tributaries of the Oder and the Vistula respectively). Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about 50 km north of the Silesian Beskids (part of the Carpathian Mountains) and about 100 km southeast of the Sudetes Mountains. It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2.2 million to 3.5 million.
GKS Katowice
GKS Katowice (GKS stands for Górniczy Klub Sportowy "Miners Sporting Club") is a Polish football club based in Katowice, Poland. The club currently plays in the Polish First League.
TVP Katowice (tower)
TVP Katowice Tower is a 90 meter high reinforced concrete telecommunication tower in Katowice, Poland. It is the property of TP EMITEL, and is not accessible by tourists. It started broadcasdting in 1957. TVP 3 Katowice at 6 October 2007 changed name on TVP KATOWICE
Spodek
Spodek (meaning "saucer" in Polish) is a multipurpose arena complex in Katowice, Poland, opened in 1971 at ul. Korfantego 35 under the name Wojewódzka Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa w Katowicach (Voivodeship Sport and Show Arena in Katowice), under which it is known in the Polish technical/architectural literature, and under which it formally functioned until 1997. Aside from the main dome, the complex includes a gym, an ice rink, a hotel and three large car parks.
Dąb, Katowice
Dąb is a district of Katowice in Poland.
Koszutka
Koszutka is a district of Katowice.
Wełnowiec
Wełnowiec is a district of Katowice, Poland.
Katowice Trade Hall roof collapse
On 28 January 2006, the roof of one of the buildings at Katowice International Fair (Międzynarodowe Targi Katowickie) collapsed in Chorzów / Katowice, Poland. At 16:15 GMT, the central section of the roof of the hall collapsed, possibly due to the weight of snow on the building. According to the police there were roughly 700 people in the hall at the time of the collapse. A further collapse occurred 90 minutes later during rescue operations.
Silesian Culture and Recreation Park
Silesian Park managed by WPKiW S.A. (Polish: Park Sląski and Wojewodzki Park Kultury i Wypoczynku S.A. , abbreviated as WPKiW and translatable as Voivodship Park of Culture and Recreation S.A. ) is a recreation complex in the center of the Upper-Silesian Metropolis at a border of Chorzów and Katowice in Silesia, Poland. It is the largest city park of this type in Europe. The area of the park is 620 hectares.
Silesian Insurgents' Monument
The Silesian Insurgents' Monument (Polish: Pomnik Powstańców Śląskich) in Katowice, southern Poland, is a monument to those who took part in the three Silesian Uprisings of 1919, 1920 and 1921, which aimed to make the region of Upper Silesia part of the newly independent Polish state. The monument was unveiled on 1 September 1967, and was designed by sculptor Gustaw Zemła and architect Wojciech Zabłocki.
Silesian Planetarium
The Silesian Planetarium also Silesian Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory (Polish: Planetarium Śląskie Polish: Śląskie Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne) is the largest and oldest planetarium in Poland. It was founded on 4 December 1955 to commemorate the great astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. It is located in the Silesian Central Park, on the boundary between the Katowice and Chorzów districts of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union.
Silesian Zoological Garden
Silesian Zoological Garden (Polish: Śląski Ogród Zoologiczny) is a zoological garden in Poland. It was founded in 1954 and is situated in the Katowice and Chorzów districts of Silesia. It covers over 47.6 ha within the Silesian Central Park. The Silesian zoo is a home for about 2 500 animals of 300 species. It is visited by over 390 000 people annually. A mini-zoo is the collection of gentler animals which are (directly) accessible to children.
Silesian Museum
Silesian Museum is a museum in the city of Katowice, Poland.
Goldstein Palace
The Pałac Goldsteinów or Goldstein Palace is neo-renaissance palace, which was built by two brothers, Abraham and Joseph Goldstein. It is located in Katowice, Silesia, Poland, at the west end of the city centre, at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:50|15|33|N|19|0|47|E|type:landmark_region:PL |primary |name= }}. The palace is representative for the building style of second part of the 1870s.
Jerzy Ziętek Rondo
The Rondo Generała Jerzego Ziętka in Katowice is the roundabout in the centre of the city, in the Silesian Voivodship in southern Poland. On that main traffic circle, the Aleja Korfantego and the road 79, part of the Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa, meet. To allow an easy passage through the Katowice city centre for road 79, two underground tunnels of 657 and 650 metres have been built. There are ramps leading to the roundabout, which are the exit for the city centre.
Altus Skyscraper
Altus (also known as Uni Centrum or Business Center 2000) is a skyscraper in Katowice, Silesia, Poland. The construction started in 2001 and finished in 2003. The building is 125 m high and rises 30 floors above ground. Total floor area is 68,815 m², and volume is 270,430 m³. The building surrounds a four-story atrium. One wing of the building has 18 stories and the other has 29. Altus is an intelligent building, controlled centrally through a Building Management System.
Stalexport Skyscrapers
The Stalexport skyscrapers are twin skyscrapers (Tower A and Tower B) located in Katowice, Silesia, Poland. The buildings share a three-story base. They were designed by Yugoslavian architect Georg Gruićić in the late 1970s and finished in 1981 and 1982, respectively. The total floor area is 27,183 m². The towers were originally designed for the Centre for Foreign Trade. They now contain over 700 offices.
Great Synagogue (Katowice)
Great Synagogue was the largest synagogue in Katowice (Kattowitz), Poland then Germany. It was built in 1900, designed by Ignatz Grünfeld. The synagogue was set on fire by Nazis on 4 September 1939.
Katowice railway station
Katowice railway station is a railway station in Katowice, Silesia, Poland and is the biggest and most important railway station in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region. Both the domestic and the international connections run from there to almost every major city in Poland and Europe. The station, finished in the 1972, is an example of modern architecture. The majority of trains are operated by Polskie Koleje Państwowe. The railway main hall style is that of late modern architecture.
Bytkow TV Tower
Bytkow TV Tower is a 110 metre tall RadioTV tower in Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland, on the border with Bytkow, an urban part of Katowice. Bytkow TV Tower, situated at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:50|17|45|N|19|00|31|E| | |name= }} is from unique design: it consists of a concrete tower as basement, which looks like a thin high-rise building with square cross section.
Katowice International Fair
Katowice International Fair (Polish: Międzynarodowe Targi Katowickie, MTK) is an international trade fair in Katowice and one of the largest in Poland (the largest being the Poznań International Fair). Few dozen events are organized there each year, with the participation of some 4,500 companies.
Silesian Theatre
Silesian Theatre dedicated to Stanisław Wyspiański is the largest theatre in Silesia. It is located on the market square in Katowice. It was built as "German Theatre" in the years 1905-1907, its Golden Age was in the late-1940s and the 1950s.
Silesia City Center
Silesia City Center is a shopping mall in Katowice, Silesia, Poland. It was opened in 2005 and it is the biggest mall in Europe. Its total area covers a few thousand square metres, of which 65 000 sq metres is a trade zone, 100 000 sq metres is a housing estate and 60 000 sq metres is an office site. It is situated in Katowice along 107 Chorzowska Road (the land previously belonged to the coal mine KWK Gottwald). The edifice was opened 18 November 2005.
3 Maja Street, Katowice
3 Maja Street in Katowice (3 May Street) is a street in the centre of Katowice. The street was building in the 19th century. During World War II street called Grundmannstraße, 1867−1922 Grundmannstraße, 1856−1867 Industriestraße.
Stadion GKS Katowice
Stadion GKS Katowice is a football stadium at Silesian Culture and Recreation Park in Chorzów (just at the border with Katowice), Poland. It is the home ground of GKS Katowice. The stadium also hosted three matches of Poland national football team. Venue holds 6,710 people and was built in 1955. There is a planned full reconstruction of a stadium that will take place in near future.