Chebzie (german: Morgenroth) is a

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in the east of

Ruda Śląska Ruda Śląska (formerly ) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is a district in the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, a metropolis with a population of two million. It is in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica River ...

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian ...

, southern

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. It has an area of 1.7 km² and was inhabited by 1,101 people.

History

The settlement evolved around an inn built in the late 18th century. As ''Hebzie'' it was first mentioned in 1844. In 1822 the ''Gute Hoffnung'' zinc smelter was opened here, onother one, ''Morgenroth'', began to operate in 1925. During the

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(

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), the Germans established and operated the E83 forced labour subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344

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in the settlement. After World War II Chebzie belonged to gmina

Godula Godula () is a district in the north-east of Ruda Śląska, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It has an area of 1.8 km2 and in 2006 it was inhabited by 12,151 people. History Originally the area belonged to Orzegów, whose landed p ...

, but was split off and merged into

Nowy Bytom Nowy Bytom (german: Friedenshütte) is a district serving as administrative centre of Ruda Śląska, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. In 2006 it had an area of 4.6 km2 and was inhabited by 12,058 people. On January 12, 2006 a part of it ...

in 1951, and as part of Nowy Bytom was amalgamated with

Ruda Ruda may refer to: Islands * Ruda (island), Croatian island in the Elaphiti Archipelago Rivers * Ruda (river), a river in Croatia, tributary of the Cetina river * Ruda (Narew), a river in Poland, tributary of the Narew * Ruda (Oder), a river i ...

to form Ruda Śląska on December 31, 1958.

References

Districts of Ruda Śląska {{Silesian-geo-stub