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</div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Piekary Śląskie</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%8F%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5" title="Пякары Слёнске – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Пякары Слёнске" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5" title="Пекари Шльонске – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Пекари Шльонске" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_(kapital_sa_powiat)" title="Piekary Śląskie (kapital sa powiat) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Piekary Śląskie (kapital sa powiat)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%87" title="پیکار شلانسکیه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پیکار شلانسکیه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%BC%EC%97%90%EC%B9%B4%EB%A6%AC%EC%8B%A4%EB%A1%B1%EC%8A%A4%ED%82%A4%EC%97%90" title="피에카리실롱스키에 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="피에카리실롱스키에" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekari_Slonski" title="Pekari Slonski – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Pekari Slonski" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pekarai" title="Pekarai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Pekarai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5" title="Пјекари Шлонске – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Пјекари Шлонске" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%94%E3%82%A7%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%82%A7" title="ピェカルィ・シロンスキェ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ピェカルィ・シロンスキェ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B-%D0%A1%D0%BB%D1%91%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B5" title="Пекары-Слёнске – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Пекары-Слёнске" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-st mw-list-item"><a href="https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Southern Sotho" lang="st" hreflang="st" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Sesotho" data-language-local-name="Southern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary" title="Piekary – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="Piekary" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%98%D0%B5" title="Пјекари Слонскје – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Пјекари Слонскје" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" title="Piekary Śląskie – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Piekary Śląskie" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_Zmartwychwstania_Pa%C5%84skiego_01.jpg/132px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_Zmartwychwstania_Pa%C5%84skiego_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="132" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_Zmartwychwstania_Pa%C5%84skiego_01.jpg/198px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_Zmartwychwstania_Pa%C5%84skiego_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_Zmartwychwstania_Pa%C5%84skiego_01.jpg/264px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Ko%C5%9Bci%C3%B3%C5%82_Zmartwychwstania_Pa%C5%84skiego_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2219" data-file-height="3328" /></a></span></div></div></div><div style="display:table;background-color:#ffffff;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 2px 2px 0"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:010_Centrum,_Piekary_Slaskie,_Poland.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aerial view of downtown Piekary Śląskie"><img alt="Aerial view of downtown Piekary Śląskie" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/010_Centrum%2C_Piekary_Slaskie%2C_Poland.jpg/266px-010_Centrum%2C_Piekary_Slaskie%2C_Poland.jpg" decoding="async" width="266" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/010_Centrum%2C_Piekary_Slaskie%2C_Poland.jpg/399px-010_Centrum%2C_Piekary_Slaskie%2C_Poland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/010_Centrum%2C_Piekary_Slaskie%2C_Poland.jpg/532px-010_Centrum%2C_Piekary_Slaskie%2C_Poland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2243" data-file-height="716" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><style 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li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>From top, left to right: <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_St._Mary_and_St._Bartholomew" title="Basilica of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew">Basilica of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew</a></li><li>Church of the Resurrection of Christ</li><li>Aerial view of downtown Piekary Śląskie</li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data maptable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1028600610">.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols{text-align:center;display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-row{display:table-row}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cell{display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-cols-cellt{display:table-cell;vertical-align:top}</style> <div class="ib-settlement-cols"> <div class="ib-settlement-cols-row"><div class="ib-settlement-cols-cell"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:POL_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_flag.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Piekary Śląskie"><img alt="Flag of Piekary Śląskie" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/POL_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_flag.svg/100px-POL_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/POL_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_flag.svg/150px-POL_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_flag.svg.png 1.5x, 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.pr>div{background:#fff!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Poland_adm_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Piekary Śląskie is located in Poland"><img alt="Piekary Śląskie is located in Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Poland_adm_location_map.svg/250px-Poland_adm_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Poland_adm_location_map.svg/375px-Poland_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Poland_adm_location_map.svg/500px-Poland_adm_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="861" data-file-height="837" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:74.108%;left:48.131%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Piekary Śląskie"><img alt="Piekary Śląskie" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:4px;left:-3em"><div>Piekary Śląskie</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&params=50_23_N_18_57_E_region:PL_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">50°23′N</span> <span class="longitude">18°57′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">50.383°N 18.950°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">50.383; 18.950</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Voivodeships_of_Poland" title="Voivodeships of Poland">Voivodeship</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/POL_wojew%C3%B3dztwo_%C5%9Bl%C4%85skie_flag.svg/23px-POL_wojew%C3%B3dztwo_%C5%9Bl%C4%85skie_flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/POL_wojew%C3%B3dztwo_%C5%9Bl%C4%85skie_flag.svg/35px-POL_wojew%C3%B3dztwo_%C5%9Bl%C4%85skie_flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/POL_wojew%C3%B3dztwo_%C5%9Bl%C4%85skie_flag.svg/46px-POL_wojew%C3%B3dztwo_%C5%9Bl%C4%85skie_flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Silesian_Voivodeship" title="Silesian Voivodeship">Silesian Voivodeship</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Polish_counties" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Polish counties">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>city county</i></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">12th century</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City rights</th><td class="infobox-data">1939/1947</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • City mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Sława Umińska-Duraj</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">39.98 km<sup>2</sup> (15.44 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">350 m (1,150 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Lowest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">261 m (856 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(31 December 2021)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">54,226 <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-population_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Postal code</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">41–940 to 41–949</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">+48 32</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Polish_car_number_plates" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish car number plates">Car plates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">SPI</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.piekary.pl/">http://www.piekary.pl/</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Piekary Śląskie</b> (<span class="IPA" lang="pl-fonipa" style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Polish" title="Help:IPA/Polish">[pʲɛˈkarɨ ˈɕlɔ̃skʲɛ]</a></span>) (<a href="/wiki/Silesian_language" title="Silesian language">Silesian</a>: <i lang="szl">Piekary</i>) is a <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">city</a> in <a href="/wiki/Silesia" title="Silesia">Silesia</a> in southern <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Katowice" title="Katowice">Katowice</a>. One of the core cities of the <a href="/wiki/Metropolis_GZM" title="Metropolis GZM">Metropolis GZM</a> – metropolis with the population of 2 million. Located in the <a href="/wiki/Silesian_Highlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Silesian Highlands">Silesian Highlands</a>, on the <a href="/wiki/Brynica" title="Brynica">Brynica</a> river (tributary of the <a href="/wiki/Vistula_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Vistula River">Vistula</a>). </p><p>It is situated in the <a href="/wiki/Silesian_Voivodeship" title="Silesian Voivodeship">Silesian Voivodeship</a>. Piekary Śląskie is one of the cities of the 2.7 million conurbation – <a href="/wiki/Katowice_urban_area" title="Katowice urban area">Katowice urban area</a> and within a greater <a href="/wiki/Katowice-Ostrava_metropolitan_area" title="Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area">Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area</a> populated by about 5,294,000 people.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The population of the city is 54,226 (2021).<sup id="cite_ref-population_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Piekary is a spiritual center of <a href="/wiki/Upper_Silesia" title="Upper Silesia">Upper Silesia</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Marian_shrine" class="mw-redirect" title="Marian shrine">Marian shrine</a> which is a pilgrimage site for thousands of the faithful, and a mining town. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie,_Bytomska.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_Bytomska.jpg/220px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_Bytomska.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_Bytomska.jpg/330px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_Bytomska.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_Bytomska.jpg/440px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_Bytomska.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Bytomska Street, the main street of the city</figcaption></figure> <p>Piekary Śląskie was created in 1934 in <a href="/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic" title="Second Polish Republic">interwar Poland</a> by merging the communes of Szarlej and Wielkie Piekary into Szarlej-Wielkie Piekary. In 1935 it was renamed Piekary Śląskie. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Name_and_early_history">Name and early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Name and early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two legends about the founding of Piekary, according to one it was founded in the late 10th century, and according to the other it was founded by Polish ruler <a href="/wiki/Casimir_I_the_Restorer" title="Casimir I the Restorer">Casimir I the Restorer</a> in 1041. The area formed part of Poland after the establishment of the state in the 10th century. Under the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latinized</a> name of <i>Pecare</i>, the settlement was mentioned in a document by the <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Krak%C3%B3w" title="Archbishop of Kraków">bishop of Kraków</a> Paweł of Przemankowo from 1277.<sup id="cite_ref-PI_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The name is of Polish origin. It derives from the word <i>piekarz</i> (meaning "<a href="/wiki/Baker" title="Baker">baker</a>"), referring to possible bakers baking bread here for the nearby city of <a href="/wiki/Bytom" title="Bytom">Bytom</a> or from the word <i>pieczara</i> (meaning "<a href="/wiki/Cavern" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavern">cavern</a>"), as caverns were supposedly created here as a result of exploitation of ore.<sup id="cite_ref-PI_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the 12th-century <a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_during_the_Piast_dynasty#Fragmentation_of_the_realm_(1138–1320)" title="History of Poland during the Piast dynasty">fragmentation of Poland</a> it was part of various <a href="/wiki/Piast_dynasty" title="Piast dynasty">Piast</a>-ruled duchies, the last being the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Opole" title="Duchy of Opole">Duchy of Opole</a> until 1526. Between 1303 and 1318, the first church and independent <a href="/wiki/Parish" title="Parish">parish</a> were created there. In the 15th century, the <a href="/wiki/Zinc" title="Zinc">zinc</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lead" title="Lead">lead</a> mining industry developed and the process of settlement evolution begun. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_era">Modern era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Modern era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1526 Piekary came under the suzerainty of the <a href="/wiki/Habsburg_monarchy" title="Habsburg monarchy">Habsburg monarchy</a>. In 1645, along with the Duchy of Opole, Piekary returned to Polish rule under the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Vasa" title="House of Vasa">House of Vasa</a>. Polish King <a href="/wiki/John_III_Sobieski" title="John III Sobieski">John III Sobieski</a> visited Piekary in 1683, while rushing to the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna" title="Battle of Vienna">relief of Vienna</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Turkish_War" title="Great Turkish War">Ottoman invasion</a>. The next years brought several peasant revolts against the <a href="/wiki/Germans" title="Germans">German</a> <a href="/wiki/Magnates" class="mw-redirect" title="Magnates">magnates</a>. In 1697, newly elected King of Poland <a href="/wiki/Augustus_II_the_Strong" title="Augustus II the Strong">Augustus II the Strong</a> stopped in Piekary before his royal coronation in <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a>. He converted to <a href="/wiki/Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholicism">Catholicism</a> in the local church and at the same time he sworn the <a href="/wiki/Pacta_conventa_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacta conventa (Poland)">pacta conventa</a>. In January 1734, his son, elected king <a href="/wiki/Augustus_III_of_Poland" title="Augustus III of Poland">Augustus III of Poland</a>, also stopped here, while heading for his royal coronation, and also swore the pacta conventa here.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1742 the settlement was annexed by <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colonisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonisation">colonisation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Germanisation" title="Germanisation">Germanisation</a> of Piekary Śląskie increased. The result was a strong movement towards maintaining the Polish origins of the land. In 1842, Piekary's rector, <a href="/wiki/Priest" title="Priest">priest</a> Jan Alojzy Ficek, commissioned a new <a href="/wiki/Neo-Romanesque_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-Romanesque architecture">neo-romanesque</a> <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_St._Mary_and_St._Bartholomew" title="Basilica of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew">Basilica of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew</a> designed by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Gr%C3%B6tschel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daniel Grötschel (page does not exist)">Daniel Grötschel</a>. A painting of the Virgin Mary was placed there. In the mid-19th century, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Teodor_Heneczek&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Teodor Heneczek (page does not exist)">Teodor Heneczek</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodor_Heneczek" class="extiw" title="pl:Teodor Heneczek">pl</a>]</span> founded a Polish printing house.<sup id="cite_ref-PI_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the late 19th century Polish singing and gymnastic societies, reading rooms and the first patriotic organizations were established.<sup id="cite_ref-PI_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1905 the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Sokol_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish Sokol movement">Polish Gymnastic Society "Sokół"</a> was established in Piekary. <a href="/wiki/Tram" title="Tram">Tram</a> communication was available from 1894.<sup id="cite_ref-NM_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_history">Recent history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Recent history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanislaw_Szeptycki_Wawrzyniec_Hajda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Stanislaw_Szeptycki_Wawrzyniec_Hajda.jpg/170px-Stanislaw_Szeptycki_Wawrzyniec_Hajda.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Stanislaw_Szeptycki_Wawrzyniec_Hajda.jpg/255px-Stanislaw_Szeptycki_Wawrzyniec_Hajda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Stanislaw_Szeptycki_Wawrzyniec_Hajda.jpg/340px-Stanislaw_Szeptycki_Wawrzyniec_Hajda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2803" data-file-height="3520" /></a><figcaption>Meeting of <a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Szeptycki" title="Stanisław Szeptycki">Stanisław Szeptycki</a> and Wawrzyniec Hajda in Piekary in 1922</figcaption></figure> <p>It was one of the centers of <a href="/wiki/Silesian_Uprisings" title="Silesian Uprisings">Silesian Uprisings</a> and in 1922 was ceded to the <a href="/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic" title="Second Polish Republic">Second Polish Republic</a> by <a href="/wiki/Weimar_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Weimar Germany">Weimar Germany</a> as 86% of the population voted for joining the re-established Polish state. In June 1922, a symbolic ceremony of reintegration of Piekary with Poland took place. Polish <a href="/wiki/Uhlan" title="Uhlan">Uhlans</a> under the command of <a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Szeptycki" title="Stanisław Szeptycki">Stanisław Szeptycki</a> entered Piekary, greeted by the <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_St._Mary_and_St._Bartholomew" title="Basilica of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew">St. Mary church</a> by the local populace led by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wawrzyniec_Hajda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wawrzyniec Hajda (page does not exist)">Wawrzyniec Hajda</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wawrzyniec_Hajda" class="extiw" title="pl:Wawrzyniec Hajda">pl</a>]</span>, local Polish independence activist and poet, nicknamed the "Silesian <a href="/wiki/Wernyhora" title="Wernyhora">Wernyhora</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-PI_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 10, 1939, Piekary Śląskie received <a href="/wiki/City_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="City rights">city rights</a> with effect from 1940. As a result of the outbreak of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the actual implementation of this law did not take place until 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-PI_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the joint German-Soviet <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">invasion of Poland</a>, which started <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, Piekary was captured by Germany in September 1939, and then was under <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)">German occupation</a> until 1945. Already in September 1939, the Germans carried out several executions of <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Poles</a> (see <i><a href="/wiki/Nazi_crimes_against_the_Polish_nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi crimes against the Polish nation">Nazi crimes against the Polish nation</a></i>). On September 6, Germans murdered three Poles in the present-day district of Brzozowice.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 17, the <i><a href="/wiki/Freikorps" title="Freikorps">Freikorps</a></i> murdered two miners, one local official and one former Silesian Uprisings participant in Piekary.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several miners from the present-day district of Brzozowice were murdered in nearby Lasowice (present-day district of <a href="/wiki/Tarnowskie_G%C3%B3ry" title="Tarnowskie Góry">Tarnowskie Góry</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local teachers were among Polish teachers murdered in <a href="/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camps" title="Nazi concentration camps">Nazi concentration camps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Polenlager" title="Polenlager">Polenlager</a> No. 188</i>, a <a href="/wiki/Forced_labour_under_German_rule_during_World_War_II" title="Forced labour under German rule during World War II">forced labour</a> camp for Poles, was operated in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the occupation, the city's main street, Bytomska, was renamed <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> Street (<i>Adolf-Hitler-Straße</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-NM_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1973 Kozłowa Góra was included within the city limits as the northernmost district.<sup id="cite_ref-PI_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the administrative reform of 1975, the city limits were expanded by including the surrounding towns and settlements: Dąbrówka Wielka, Brzeziny Śląskie, Brzozowice and Kamień.<sup id="cite_ref-PI_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Districts">Districts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Koz%C5%82owa_G%C3%B3ra_(Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kozłowa Góra (Piekary Śląskie) (page does not exist)">Kozłowa Góra</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koz%C5%82owa_G%C3%B3ra_(Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie)" class="extiw" title="pl:Kozłowa Góra (Piekary Śląskie)">pl</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Centrum_(Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Centrum (Piekary Śląskie) (page does not exist)">Centrum</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrum_(Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie)" class="extiw" title="pl:Centrum (Piekary Śląskie)">pl</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Szarlej&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Szarlej (page does not exist)">Szarlej</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szarlej" class="extiw" title="pl:Szarlej">pl</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brzozowice&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brzozowice (page does not exist)">Brzozowice</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brzozowice" class="extiw" title="pl:Brzozowice">pl</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kamie%C5%84_(Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kamień (Piekary Śląskie) (page does not exist)">Kamień</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamie%C5%84_(Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie)" class="extiw" title="pl:Kamień (Piekary Śląskie)">pl</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brzeziny_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brzeziny Śląskie (page does not exist)">Brzeziny Śląskie</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brzeziny_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" class="extiw" title="pl:Brzeziny Śląskie">pl</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C4%85br%C3%B3wka_Wielka_(Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dąbrówka Wielka (Piekary Śląskie) (page does not exist)">Dąbrówka Wielka</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C4%85br%C3%B3wka_Wielka_(Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie)" class="extiw" title="pl:Dąbrówka Wielka (Piekary Śląskie)">pl</a>]</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sights">Sights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barb%C3%B3rka_w_Piekarach_%C5%9Al%C4%85skich_(5)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Barb%C3%B3rka_w_Piekarach_%C5%9Al%C4%85skich_%285%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Barb%C3%B3rka_w_Piekarach_%C5%9Al%C4%85skich_%285%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Barb%C3%B3rka_w_Piekarach_%C5%9Al%C4%85skich_%285%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Barb%C3%B3rka_w_Piekarach_%C5%9Al%C4%85skich_%285%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Barb%C3%B3rka_w_Piekarach_%C5%9Al%C4%85skich_%285%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Barb%C3%B3rka_w_Piekarach_%C5%9Al%C4%85skich_%285%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2884" data-file-height="1956" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/Barb%C3%B3rka" class="mw-redirect" title="Barbórka">Barbórka</a></i> parade in Piekary Śląskie</figcaption></figure> <p>The main landmark of Piekary Śląskie is the <a href="/wiki/Romanesque_Revival_architecture" title="Romanesque Revival architecture">Romanesque Revival</a> <a href="/wiki/Basilica_of_St._Mary_and_St._Bartholomew" title="Basilica of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew">Basilica of St. Mary and St. Bartholomew</a>, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site. Another symbol of the city is the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberation_Mound_in_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Liberation Mound in Piekary Śląskie (page does not exist)">Liberation Mound</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopiec_Wyzwolenia" class="extiw" title="pl:Kopiec Wyzwolenia">pl</a>]</span>, erected in 1932–1937 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the march of the Polish hussars of King <a href="/wiki/John_III_Sobieski" title="John III Sobieski">John III Sobieski</a> through Piekary to <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna" title="Battle of Vienna">Vienna</a> and the 15th anniversary of reintegrating eastern Upper Silesia with Poland after the <a href="/wiki/Silesian_Uprisings" title="Silesian Uprisings">Silesian Uprisings</a>. It is the highest point within the city limits. Also the Piekary <a href="/wiki/Calvary" title="Calvary">Calvary</a> with the Church of the Resurrection of Christ is one of the city's landmarks. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piekary_Slaskie_Andaluzja_monument.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Piekary_Slaskie_Andaluzja_monument.jpg/200px-Piekary_Slaskie_Andaluzja_monument.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Piekary_Slaskie_Andaluzja_monument.jpg/300px-Piekary_Slaskie_Andaluzja_monument.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Piekary_Slaskie_Andaluzja_monument.jpg/400px-Piekary_Slaskie_Andaluzja_monument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2170" data-file-height="2893" /></a><figcaption>Monument to the miners of the Andaluzja coal mine, murdered by the Germans during World War II</figcaption></figure> <p>Other historic architecture includes the Sacred Heart church, Saints Peter and Paul church, Our Lady Help of Christians church and the Our Lady of Perpetual Help chapel in Kozłowa Góra, as well as numerous historic townhouses and buildings. In the city there are also monuments commemorating Poles murdered during the <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)">German occupation</a> in World War II, and a monument to local Polish independence activist and poet <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wawrzyniec_Hajda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wawrzyniec Hajda (page does not exist)">Wawrzyniec Hajda</a>, located in the Szarlej district. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gallery">Gallery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 170px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 165px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MOs810_WG_2018_8_Zaleczansko_Slaski_(Liberation_Mound_in_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie)_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Liberation Mound"><img alt="Liberation Mound" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/MOs810_WG_2018_8_Zaleczansko_Slaski_%28Liberation_Mound_in_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%29_%281%29.jpg/135px-MOs810_WG_2018_8_Zaleczansko_Slaski_%28Liberation_Mound_in_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%29_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/MOs810_WG_2018_8_Zaleczansko_Slaski_%28Liberation_Mound_in_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%29_%281%29.jpg/203px-MOs810_WG_2018_8_Zaleczansko_Slaski_%28Liberation_Mound_in_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%29_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/MOs810_WG_2018_8_Zaleczansko_Slaski_%28Liberation_Mound_in_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%29_%281%29.jpg/270px-MOs810_WG_2018_8_Zaleczansko_Slaski_%28Liberation_Mound_in_Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%29_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Liberation Mound</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 170px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 165px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie,_kaplica_Pa%C5%82ac_Heroda_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="One of the chapels of the Piekary Calvary"><img alt="One of the chapels of the Piekary Calvary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_kaplica_Pa%C5%82ac_Heroda_01.JPG/135px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_kaplica_Pa%C5%82ac_Heroda_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="135" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_kaplica_Pa%C5%82ac_Heroda_01.JPG/203px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_kaplica_Pa%C5%82ac_Heroda_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_kaplica_Pa%C5%82ac_Heroda_01.JPG/270px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_kaplica_Pa%C5%82ac_Heroda_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">One of the chapels of the Piekary Calvary</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 170px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 165px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sacred_Heart_church_Piekary_Slaskie.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sacred Heart church"><img alt="Sacred Heart church" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Sacred_Heart_church_Piekary_Slaskie.jpg/135px-Sacred_Heart_church_Piekary_Slaskie.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Sacred_Heart_church_Piekary_Slaskie.jpg/203px-Sacred_Heart_church_Piekary_Slaskie.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Sacred_Heart_church_Piekary_Slaskie.jpg/270px-Sacred_Heart_church_Piekary_Slaskie.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2911" data-file-height="2183" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sacred Heart church</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 170px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 165px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Wojew%C3%B3dzki_Szpital_Chirurgii_Urazowej_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Historic hospital building"><img alt="Historic hospital building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Wojew%C3%B3dzki_Szpital_Chirurgii_Urazowej_01.jpg/135px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Wojew%C3%B3dzki_Szpital_Chirurgii_Urazowej_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="135" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Wojew%C3%B3dzki_Szpital_Chirurgii_Urazowej_01.jpg/203px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Wojew%C3%B3dzki_Szpital_Chirurgii_Urazowej_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Wojew%C3%B3dzki_Szpital_Chirurgii_Urazowej_01.jpg/270px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie_-_Wojew%C3%B3dzki_Szpital_Chirurgii_Urazowej_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3566" data-file-height="2377" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Historic hospital building</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 170px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 165px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Piekary_Slaskie_Kozlowa_Gora_chapel.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Our Lady of Perpetual Help chapel in Kozłowa Góra"><img alt="Our Lady of Perpetual Help chapel in Kozłowa Góra" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Piekary_Slaskie_Kozlowa_Gora_chapel.jpg/120px-Piekary_Slaskie_Kozlowa_Gora_chapel.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Piekary_Slaskie_Kozlowa_Gora_chapel.jpg/180px-Piekary_Slaskie_Kozlowa_Gora_chapel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Piekary_Slaskie_Kozlowa_Gora_chapel.jpg/240px-Piekary_Slaskie_Kozlowa_Gora_chapel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2388" data-file-height="2388" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Our Lady of Perpetual Help chapel in Kozłowa Góra</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 170px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 165px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie,_Ficka_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Facade of an old tenement house with figurines of Holy Mary"><img alt="Facade of an old tenement house with figurines of Holy Mary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_Ficka_3.jpg/130px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_Ficka_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_Ficka_3.jpg/195px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_Ficka_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_Ficka_3.jpg/260px-Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie%2C_Ficka_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2614" data-file-height="2410" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Facade of an old tenement house with figurines of <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Holy Mary</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city's most notable sports club is <a href="/wiki/Handball" title="Handball">handball</a> team Olimpia Piekary Śląskie, which competes in the I Liga (Polish second tier), but in the past played in the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Superliga_(men%27s_handball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish Superliga (men's handball)">Polish Superliga</a> (top division), where it finished 4th in 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piekary_Slaskie_Szarlej_Wawrzyniec_Hajda_monument.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Piekary_Slaskie_Szarlej_Wawrzyniec_Hajda_monument.jpg/170px-Piekary_Slaskie_Szarlej_Wawrzyniec_Hajda_monument.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Piekary_Slaskie_Szarlej_Wawrzyniec_Hajda_monument.jpg/255px-Piekary_Slaskie_Szarlej_Wawrzyniec_Hajda_monument.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Piekary_Slaskie_Szarlej_Wawrzyniec_Hajda_monument.jpg/340px-Piekary_Slaskie_Szarlej_Wawrzyniec_Hajda_monument.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1092" data-file-height="1456" /></a><figcaption>Wawrzyniec Hajda monument</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karol_Langner" title="Karol Langner">Karol Langner</a> (1843–1912), Polish priest</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wawrzyniec_Hajda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wawrzyniec Hajda (page does not exist)">Wawrzyniec Hajda</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wawrzyniec_Hajda" class="extiw" title="pl:Wawrzyniec Hajda">pl</a>]</span> (1844–1923), Polish independence activist and poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Marchwitza" title="Hans Marchwitza">Hans Marchwitza</a>, born at Szarlej (1890–1965), German writer and Communist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hans_Kroll" title="Hans Kroll">Hans Kroll</a> (1898–1967), German diplomat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_G%C3%B3ra" title="Wilhelm Góra">Wilhelm Antoni Góra</a> (1916–1975), Polish footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marek_Siwiec" title="Marek Siwiec">Marek Siwiec</a> (born 1955), Polish politician, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member of the European Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Polaczek" title="Jerzy Polaczek">Jerzy Polaczek</a> (born 1961), Polish politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Matysek" title="Adam Matysek">Adam Matysek</a> (born 1968), Polish footballer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dariusz_Wosz" title="Dariusz Wosz">Dariusz Wosz</a> (born 1969), German footballer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Twin_towns_–_sister_cities"><span id="Twin_towns_.E2.80.93_sister_cities"></span>Twin towns – sister cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Piekary_%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Twin towns – sister cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_twin_towns_and_sister_cities_in_Poland" title="List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland">List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland</a></div> <p>Piekary Śląskie is <a href="/wiki/Sister_city" title="Sister city">twinned</a> with:<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)"><img alt="Georgia (country)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kobuleti" title="Kobuleti">Kobuleti</a>, Georgia</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Krom%C4%9B%C5%99%C3%AD%C5%BE" title="Kroměříž">Kroměříž</a>, Czech Republic</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Marija_Bistrica" title="Marija Bistrica">Marija Bistrica</a>, Croatia</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/teryt/jednostka">"Local Data Bank"</a>. Statistics Poland<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 August</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Local+Data+Bank&rft.pub=Statistics+Poland&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbdl.stat.gov.pl%2Fbdl%2Fdane%2Fteryt%2Fjednostka&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiekary+%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" class="Z3988"></span> Data for territorial unit 2471000.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/European_Spatial_Planning_Observation_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="European Spatial Planning Observation Network">European Spatial Planning Observation Network</a> (ESPON) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090728052348/http://www.espon.eu/mmp/online/website/content/projects/261/420/index_EN.html">"Project 1.4.3"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.espon.eu/mmp/online/website/content/projects/261/420/index_EN.html">the original</a> on 2009-07-28<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2009-03-28</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Project+1.4.3&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.espon.eu%2Fmmp%2Fonline%2Fwebsite%2Fcontent%2Fprojects%2F261%2F420%2Findex_EN.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiekary+%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PI-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PI_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PI_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PI_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PI_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PI_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PI_3-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PI_3-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PI_3-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://piekary.pl/archiwum/contents,42,historia">"Historia"</a>. <i>Piekary Śląskie</i> (in Polish)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 October</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Piekary+%C5%9Al%C4%85skie&rft.atitle=Historia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpiekary.pl%2Farchiwum%2Fcontents%2C42%2Chistoria&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiekary+%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.montes.pl/Montes_3/montes_nr_03_07.htm">"Ostatnia wizyta polskiego króla"</a>. <i>Montes Tarnovicensis</i> (in Polish)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 October</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Montes+Tarnovicensis&rft.atitle=Ostatnia+wizyta+polskiego+kr%C3%B3la&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.montes.pl%2FMontes_3%2Fmontes_nr_03_07.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiekary+%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NM-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NM_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NM_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://piekaryslaskie.naszemiasto.pl/niegdys-piekary-slaskie-tetnily-zyciem-byly-kawiarnie/ar/c3-1492899">"Niegdyś Piekary Śląskie tętniły życiem. Były kawiarnie, restauracje i kino"</a>. <i>Piekary Śląskie Nasze Miasto</i> (in Polish)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 October</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Piekary+%C5%9Al%C4%85skie+Nasze+Miasto&rft.atitle=Niegdy%C5%9B+Piekary+%C5%9Al%C4%85skie+t%C4%99tni%C5%82y+%C5%BCyciem.+By%C5%82y+kawiarnie%2C+restauracje+i+kino&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fpiekaryslaskie.naszemiasto.pl%2Fniegdys-piekary-slaskie-tetnily-zyciem-byly-kawiarnie%2Far%2Fc3-1492899&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiekary+%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWardzyńska2009" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). <i>Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion</i> (in Polish). Warszawa: <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_National_Remembrance" title="Institute of National Remembrance">IPN</a>. p. 277.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=By%C5%82+rok+1939.+Operacja+niemieckiej+policji+bezpiecze%C5%84stwa+w+Polsce.+Intelligenzaktion&rft.place=Warszawa&rft.pages=277&rft.pub=IPN&rft.date=2009&rft.aulast=Wardzy%C5%84ska&rft.aufirst=Maria&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiekary+%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wardzyńska, p. 136</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wardzyńska, p. 135</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wardzyńska, p. 138-139, 142</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100000323">"Polenlager Nr. 188 Deutsch Piekar"</a>. <i>Bundesarchiv.de</i> (in German)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 October</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Bundesarchiv.de&rft.atitle=Polenlager+Nr.+188+Deutsch+Piekar&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bundesarchiv.de%2Fzwangsarbeit%2Fhaftstaetten%2Findex.php%3Faction%3D2.2%26tab%3D7%26id%3D100000323&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiekary+%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150218021412/http://www.zprp.pl/leagues/fs/8/fl/2">"Tabela wyników 2006-2007"</a>. <i>Związek Piłki Ręcznej w Polsce</i> (in Polish). Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.zprp.pl/leagues/fs/8/fl/2">the original</a> on 18 February 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Zwi%C4%85zek+Pi%C5%82ki+R%C4%99cznej+w+Polsce&rft.atitle=Tabela+wynik%C3%B3w+2006-2007&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zprp.pl%2Fleagues%2Ffs%2F8%2Ffl%2F2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APiekary+%C5%9Al%C4%85skie" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://piekary.pl/kategoria-miasto/miasta-partnerskie/">"Miasta partnerskie"</a>. <i>piekary.pl</i> (in Polish). Piekary Śląskie<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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