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Discover Środmieście
The district Środmieście of Zespół dzielnic śródmiejskich in Katowice (Województwo Śląskie) is a district in Poland about 161 mi south-west of Warsaw, the country's capital city.
Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Katowice, Siemianowice Slaskie, Chorzow, Czeladz and Swietochlowice. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 24°C / 75 °F
Morning Temperature | 13°C / 56 °F |
Evening Temperature | 23°C / 73 °F |
Night Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 7% |
Air Humidity | 35% |
Air Pressure | 1012 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from East |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 72% of sky |
General Conditions | Moderate rain |
Monday, 6th of May 2024
22°C (71 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
13°C (55 °F)
12°C (54 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 8th of May 2024
12°C (54 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Monopol
ActivPark Apartamenty
Hotel Forum Katowice
Park Hotel Diament
Novotel Katowice Centrum
Q Hotel Plus Katowice
EuroResidence Apartment Home
Hotel Diament Plaza Katowice
Courtyard Katowice City Center
Vienna House Easy Angelo Katowice
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Katowice 2015 - VP vs C9 with players communications (C9 POV in English)
POV C9 in English Bracket before the game http://i.imgur.com/qgiLdkJ.png This content is not mine, all credits to ESL. This is a capture of the ESL's stream.
Katowice 2015 - fnatic vs NiP dust2 grand final players voices (NiP POV English/Swedish)
NiP POV English/Swedish Funny highlight of the tournament : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgmZBxVGF4c This content is not mine, all credits to ESL. This is a capture of the ESL's stream.
Katowice 2015 - EnVyUs vs NiP cache 1/2 finals players voices (NiP POV Swedish)
NiP POV Swedish This content is not mine, all credits to ESL. This is a capture of the ESL's stream.
Katowice 2015 - fnatic vs NiP inferno grand final players voices (NiP POV English/Swedish)
NiP POV Swedish Funny highlight of the tournament : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgmZBxVGF4c This content is not mine, all credits to ESL. This is a capture of the ESL's stream.
Katowice 2015 - fnatic vs NiP inferno grand final players voices (fnatic POV Swedish)
fnatic POV Swedish Funny highlight of the tournament : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgmZBxVGF4c This content is not mine, all credits to ESL. This is a capture of the ESL's stream.
Katowice 2015 - VP vs C9 with players communications (VP POV in Polish)
POV VP in Polish Bracket before the game http://i.imgur.com/qgiLdkJ.png This content is not mine, all credits to ESL. This is a capture of the ESL's stream.
Katowice 2015 - Virtus.Pro vs Keyd Stars Overpass 1/4 finals players voices (VP POV Polish)
VP POV in Polish This content is not mine, all credits to ESL. This is a capture of the ESL's stream.
Katowice 2015 - Virtus.Pro vs fnatic mirage 1/2 finals players voices (VP POV Polish)
VP POV Polish This content is not mine, all credits to ESL. This is a capture of the ESL's stream.
Katowice 2015 - LGB vs EnVyUs players voices Subtitles (EnVyUs POV French)
POV EnVyUs in French Bracket before the game http://i.imgur.com/rNXtcog.jpg This content is not mine, all credits to ESL. This is a capture of the ESL's stream.
Katowice 2015 - fnatic vs NiP cache grand final players voices (NiP POV English/Swedish)
NiP POV English/Swedish Funny highlight of the tournament : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgmZBxVGF4c This content is not mine, all credits to ESL. This is a capture of the ESL's stream.
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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.
University of Silesia
The University of Silesia in Katowice (Polish: Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach, UŚ) is an autonomous state-run university in Silesia Province, Katowice, Poland. The University of Silesia in Katowice should not be confused with a similarly named university in the Czech Republic, i.e. the Silesian University in Opava (Slezská univerzita v Opavě). The University of Silesia in Katowice conducts education and research.
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.
University of Economics in Katowice
Zawodzie, Katowice
Zawodzie is a district of Katowice.
Koszutka
Koszutka is a district of Katowice.
Wełnowiec
Wełnowiec is a district of Katowice, Poland.
Bogucice
Bogucice is a district of Katowice, in Poland. The village was probably founded in the 13th century once the first mention of Bogucice dates from 15 December 1360, included in a document of Nicolaus II, Opole-Raciborz Duke, who bestowed the town and some other villages on Otton of Pilica. It was incorporated into Katowice in 1924. The most eminent piece of architecture in Bogucice is the neo-gothic St. Stephen the Martyr's church, which was consecrated in 1894.
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 Library
Silesian Library, is one of the most modern libraries in Poland, and is located in the south-western city of Katowice, Silesia.
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.
St. Stephen's Church (Katowice)
The Kościół św. Szczepana or Saint Stephen's Church is a church in Katowice, Silesian Voivodship, Poland. It is dedicated to Saint Stephen and located at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:50|16|9|N|19|2|17|E|type:landmark_region:PL | |name= }} on Leopold Markiefki street. Ludwik Skowronek initiated the building of new church in the Bogucice neighbourhood. It was finished by 1894 and on October 25 of the same year consecrated by cardinal Georga Koppa. In 1994 the church was painted.
Drapacz Chmur
Drapacz Chmur (English: Skyscraper) is a historical building in Katowice, Silesia, Poland. It was the first skyscraper built in post-World War I Poland. Finished in 1934 after five years of construction, it made pioneering Polish use of steel frame construction. Today, Drapacz Chmur is considered the most spectacular and beautiful example of functionalism in Poland. The building has seventeen stories, fourteen above the ground, and contained one of the first garbage chutes in Poland.
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.
Cathedral of Christ the King, Katowice
Archikatedra Chrystusa Króla w Katowicach (English: Archcathedral of Christ the King in Katowice) is a classicist archcathedral in Katowice-Śródmieście, Katowice, Poland. Constructed between 1927 and 1955, the Archcathedral of Christ the King is the largest archcathedral in Poland.
St. Mary's Church, Katowice
St. Mary's Church in Katowice (Polish: Kościół Mariacki w Katowicach) is one of the oldest churches in Katowice, dating back to 19th century.
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.
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Katowice
The Archdiocese of Katowice is an archdiocese located in the city of Katowice in Poland.
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.