Tychy (Polish pronunciation: ; ) is a city in

Silesia Silesia (see names #Etymology, below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Silesia, Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately , and the population is estimated at 8, ...

in southern

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, approximately south of

Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K ...

. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north,

Mikołów Mikołów (, ) is a town in Silesia, in southern Poland, near the city of Katowice. Outer town of the Metropolis GZM, a metropolis with a population of over 2 million, and is within a greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by abou ...

to the west,

Bieruń Bieruń (, ) is a town in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland, seat of the Bieruń-Lędziny County in the Silesian Voivodeship. It is located about south of Katowice. Geography It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Gostynia river, a ...

to the east and

Kobiór Kobiór () is a village in Pszczyna County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Kobiór. It lies approximately north of Pszczyna and south of the regional capital Katowice ...

to the south. The

Gostynia The Gostynia (, also known as Gostynka) is a river of southern Poland, and a left-bank tributary of the Vistula. It flows through Tychy, and joins the Vistula near Bieruń Bieruń (, ) is a town in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland, seat of the ...

river, a tributary of the

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, flows through Tychy. Since 1999, Tychy has been located within the

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship ( ) is an administrative province in southern Poland. With over 4.2 million residents and an area of 12,300 square kilometers, it is the second-most populous, and the most-densely populated and most-urbanized region of Poland ...

, a province consisting of 71 regional towns and cities. Tychy is also one of the founding cities of the Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia, a pan-Silesian economic and political union formed with the eventual aim of bringing the most populous Silesian areas under a single administrative body. Tychy is well known for its brewing industry and the

Tyskie Tyskie () is a Polish brand of beer. Its name comes from the brewery located in Tychy. In modern day, it is brewed by the Grolsche Bierbrouwerij in the Netherlands, part of the Asahi Group Holdings which added the Tyskie brand to its world wide ...

brand of beer, which dates back to the 17th century. Since 1950, Tychy has grown rapidly, mainly as a result of post-war socialist planning policies enacted to disperse the population of industrial Upper Silesia.

History

Etymology

The moniker Tychy is derived from the Polish word ''cichy'', meaning "quiet" or "still". Although appropriate for most of Tychy's history, the name is now somewhat ironic considering the growth of the city from 1950 onwards.

Origins and development

Originally established as a small agricultural settlement on the medieval trade route between

Oświęcim Oświęcim (; ; ; ) is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, situated southeast of Katowice, near the confluence of the Vistula (''Wisła'') and Soła rivers. Oświęcim dates back to the 12th century, when it was an im ...

and Mikołów, Tychy was first documented in 1467.Umtychy.pl
"History of Tychy", Retrieved 2006-07-02 In 1629 the first trace of serious economic activity was recorded in the shape of the Książęcy Brewery, which is now one of the largest breweries in Poland. From 1526 onwards the area on which Tychy is built was part of the Austrian

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. In 1742

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annexed the land after winning the

First Silesian War The First Silesian War () was a war between Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia and Habsburg monarchy, Austria that lasted from 1740 to 1742 and resulted in Prussia's seizing most of the region of Silesia (now in south-western Poland) from Austria. The ...

against the Austrian Hasburg monarchy. In 1871 the territory became part of the

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until in 1918, for a short period between 1918 and 1921 Tychy was just inside the border of the newly formed

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and still a part of the German

Province of Silesia The Province of Silesia (; ; ) was a province of Prussia from 1815 to 1919. The Silesia region was part of the Prussian realm since 1742 and established as an official province in 1815, then became part of the German Empire in 1871. In 1919, as ...

. On 16–17 August 1919 the (present-day district of Tychy) was fought as one of the first battles of the

Silesian Uprisings The Silesian Uprisings (; ; ) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic at the time. Ethnic Polish and Polish-Silesian insurrectionists, seeking to have the area tran ...

(1919–1921). After the uprisings Tychy was reintegrated with the re-established

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. Additionally, due to the Polish majority in 1921 in Tychy and the few Germans, 84% of the inhabitants voted for joining Poland during the plebiscite. Shortly after its cession to Poland, Tychy began to develop into a small urban settlement, acquiring a hospital, a fire station, a post office, a school, a swimming pool, a bowling hall and a number of shops and restaurants. In 1922 it was visited by leader of interwar Poland,

Józef Piłsudski Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (Poland), Chief of State (1918–1922) and first Marshal of Poland (from 1920). In the aftermath of World War I, he beca ...

. Its population also grew between World War I and World War II, reaching a population of 11,000 at its highest point during this time.

World War II

Along with the rest of industrial Upper Silesia Tychy was occupied by

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forces after the

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and annexed into the Third Reich, while many of its inhabitants who were not expelled or exterminated were forced to change their nationality to German in order to comply with the racist policies of Nazi Germany. Mass arrests and executions of Polish activists and former Polish insurgents of 1919–1921 were carried out in the first days of the occupation in September 1939. As early as September 3, 1939, the Germans murdered several Polish residents of the city, of whom 13 were later identified, the youngest was 16 years old. The Germans also carried out manhunts of Polish insurgents who were hiding in the forest between Tychy and

, and established and operated a ''

Polenlager The ''Polenlager'' (, ''Polish Camps'') was a system of forced labor camps in Silesia that held Poles during the World War II Nazi German occupation of Poland. The prisoners, originally destined for deportation across the border to the new semi-c ...

forced labor Forced labour, or unfree labour, is any work relation, especially in modern or early modern history, in which people are employed against their will with the threat of destitution, detention, or violence, including death or other forms of ...

camp for Poles in the city, and the E701 labor subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344

prisoner-of-war camp A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured as Prisoner of war, prisoners of war by a belligerent power in time of war. There are significant differences among POW camps, inte ...

in the present-day Czułów district. The last public execution was carried out on September 22, 1944, when five members of the underground Polish resistance movement were killed. Tychy received minimal damage during the invasion because most of the nearby fighting took place in the

Wyry Wyry () () is a village in Mikołów County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Wyry. It lies approximately south of Mikołów and south-west of the regional capital Katow ...

area. In the final stages of the war, in 1945, a German-conducted

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of thousands of prisoners of the

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and its subcamps passed through the city towards

Gliwice Gliwice (; , ) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder River, Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional capital ...

. Tychy was liberated on January 28, 1945.

New Tychy

The "New City" was designated by the Polish government in 1950 and deliberately located near to

with the intention that it would not be a self-sustaining city. It was granted

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in 1951. Tychy is the largest of the so-called "

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s" in Poland and was built from 1950 to 1985, to allow for urban expansion in the southeast of the

Upper Silesian industrial region The Upper Silesian Industrial Region (, , Polish abbreviation: ''GOP'' ; ) is a large industrial region in Poland.

. In the 1950s the neighbourhood ''Osiedle A'' was built, designed by Tadeusz Teodorowicz-Todorowski, and the design and planning of the next neighbourhoods was entrusted to and his wife . In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s numerous industrial enterprises were created. In 1951 and 1973 the city limits were greatly expanded by including

Paprocany Paprocany () is a dzielnica (district) of Tychy, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It was an independent village and a seat of gmina, which was absorbed by Tychy in 1951. History The village was first mentioned in Liber beneficiorum of Ja ...

and Wilkowyje (in 1951), and Cielmice, Urbanowice, Jaroszowice (in 1973) as new districts. By 2006, the population had reached 132,500. In the administrative reforms which came into effect in 1999, Tychy was made a city with the status of a

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(city county). Between 1999 and 2002, it was also the administrative seat of (but not part of) an entity called Tychy County (''powiat tyski''), which is now known as the

Bieruń-Lędziny County __NOTOC__ Bieruń-Lędziny County () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in ...

. The

Tyskie Brewing Museum The Tyskie Brewing Museum or ''Tyskie Browarium'' is a museum in Tychy in Silesia, Poland. It was established in 2004. The museum is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is an object of cultural heritage in Silesia (2 ...

was founded in 2004, and the Municipal Museum in 2005.

Districts

Tychy is divided into 17 districts (''

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s''): * Cielmice (south) * Czułów (north) * Glinka, Tychy (west) * Jaroszowice (north-east) * Mąkołowiec (north-west) *

(south) * Radziejówka (north-west) * Śródmieście (city centre) * Stare Tychy (centre) * Suble * Urbanowice, Tychy (east) * Wartogłowiec (north) * Wilkowyje (north-west) * Wygorzele (north) * Zawiść (north-east) *

Zwierzyniec Zwierzyniec () is a town on the Wieprz river in the Zamość County, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. It has 3,324 inhabitants (2004). Zwierzyniec is the northernmost town of the Roztocze National Park. The park comprises some of the last remaining s ...

(north) * Żwaków (west)

Industry

The global car manufacturer

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has a major presence in the city. The first car factory was opened by FSM in 1975, and was fully acquired by the Italian manufacturer

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in 1992. In 2008, the factory (

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) had a production of nearly half a million cars. It produces the new

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and the

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. It was the exclusive manufacturing site for the second generation

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until 2012, when it ended production, and of the 2nd generation

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(under an OEM agreement between the two manufacturers) until May 2016. Also located in Tychy is a powertrain factory producing automobile engines for

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cars. This plant was opened by

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as ''Isuzu Motors Polska (ISPOL)'' in 1996; in 2002

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took a 60% interest in that company, and in 2013 the remaining 40%. In 2017

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acquired GM's operations in Europe. In January 2021 both the former Fiat and Opel plants became part of Stellantis. The

beer is produced in Tychy, by

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, a subsidiary of the multinational brewing company

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. It is reportedly one of the best selling brands of beer in Poland, with around 18% share of the Polish market .

Transport

One of three remaining trolleybus systems in Poland operates in Tychy. The other cities where you can find them are

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and

Gdynia Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...

Roads

* Expressway S1 * National road 1 * National road 44 * National road 86

Culture

Art galleries and museums

* Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy

Sports

Tychy is home to two major sporting teams, both named GKS Tychy. GKS stands for Górniczy Klub Sportowy, (), which is a common prefix for Polish sports teams situated near mines or in mining regions.

Ice hockey

The GKS Tychy ice hockey club is among the most successful in Poland and plays in its premier league, the Ekstraliga. Established in 1971, the team won the Polish Championships in

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, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and has won the Polish Cup eight times. The club is housed in the newly refurbished Tychy Winter Stadium (), which seats 2,700 people. Several players from the club have gone on to play in the American and Canadian

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. These include

Mariusz Czerkawski Mariusz Krzysztof Czerkawski (pronounced ; born 13 April 1972) is a Polish former professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders, Montreal Canadiens and Tor ...

and

Krzysztof Oliwa Krzysztof Artur Oliwa (pronounced ; born April 12, 1973) is a Polish former professional ice hockey player. A left winger, he played eight seasons in the National Hockey League. To date, he is the only player from Poland with his name inscribed on ...

Football

The GKS Tychy football club football club was also established in 1971 and currently plays in the

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. Throughout a varied career the club reached its peak classification between 1974 and 1977, when it made it into the , Poland's top league, where it finished second in

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. During those glory days GKS Tychy also participated in the

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. It played in the top division again in

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–

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. Tychy City Stadium () is home to the club and seats 15,300 spectators. A few notable footballers were either born in Tychy or spent some of their career at the club, the most famous being

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and

goalkeeper

Jerzy Dudek Jerzy Henryk Dudek (born 23 March 1973) is a Polish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. After beginning his career in his home country, he went on to have successful ...

. Ekstraklasa player

Bartosz Karwan Bartosz Karwan (born 13 January 1976) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Karwan was born in Tychy. He spent two seasons in the Bundesliga with Hertha BSC. In September 2010, he joined GKS Katowi ...

started his career there, as did retired player

Radosław Gilewicz Radosław Gilewicz (born 8 May 1971) is a Polish football pundit, co-commentator and former player who played as a midfielder or as a striker. Club career Born in Chełm Śląski, Gilewicz started his career in 1991 playing for GKS Tychy. In ...

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and Poland national team striker

Arkadiusz Milik Arkadiusz Krystian Milik (; born 28 February 1994) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus and the Poland national team. Milik began his career as a footballer in the Rozwój Katowice youth squad. ...

was born in Tychy, as well as former

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defender

Lukas Sinkiewicz Lukas Sinkiewicz (born 9 October 1985) is a Polish-German former footballer who played as a defender for SV Lövenich/Widdersdorf. He last played for SSV Jahn Regensburg. He has represented Germany on three occasions. Career He signed a one-y ...

, who now holds German citizenship. Tychy hosted several matches of the

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American Football

Tychy Falcons are an American Football team established in 2008. They currently competed in PFL2 - second tier of American Football in Poland.

Other sporting teams

Tychy is also home to several other sports teams, including

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team GKS Tychy,

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team GKS Futsal Tychy and

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team TKKF Pionier Tychy.

Notable people

Tychy has been the birthplace and home of notable people, both past and present. German sculptor

August Kiss August Karl Eduard Kiss, or Kiß (October 11, 1802 – March 24, 1865), was a German sculptor, known for his monumental bronzes. His work was mostly executed in the Neoclassical architecture style and consisted largely of portraits and mythologi ...

(1802–1865) was born in Paprotzan, which is now situated within modern day Tychy. Most famous for his grand neoclassical works, Kiss also sculpted the fine pulpit of St. Adalbert's church in Tychy's neighbouring town of

. Augustyn Dyrda (born 1926) is a sculptor who currently resides in the city and is best known for his socialist realist and

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works, including several in Tychy itself. Soldier

Roman Polko Roman Polko (born November 8, 1962, in Tychy, Poland) is a retired Polish army special forces officer, acting chief of Biuro Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego (Bureau of National Security), former commander of "JW GROM", doctor of military science studie ...

(born 1962) is one son of Tychy whose achievements hold national importance today. His distinguished career has led him to the post of acting chief in Poland's Bureau of National Security. *

(1802–1865), German sculptor *

Józef Krupiński Józef Krupiński (September 24, 1930 – September 1, 1998) was a Polish poet. He spent the last days of his life in Orzesze, Poland. Prizewinner of the Edward Stachura Award and member of the Association of Polish Writers in Katowice ...

(1930–1998), poet and lyricist *

Roman Ogaza Roman Grzegorz Ogaza (17 November 1952 – 4 March 2006) was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. His first club was Górnik Lędziny (1965–1968). He then represented Górnik Zabrze (1968–1970), Szombierki Bytom (1970–1975 and 1 ...

(1952–2006), footballer *

Lucyna Langer Lucyna Kałek (née Langer, born 9 January 1956) is a retired Polish hurdler. The highlights of her career in the 100 metres hurdles were winning the 1980 Olympic bronze medal and the gold medal at the 1982 European Championships. She also wo ...

(born 1956), athlete *

Ryszard Riedel Ryszard Henryk Riedel (7 September 1956 – 30 July 1994) was the original lead singer of blues-rock band Dżem (Polish language, Polish for 'Jam'). He is often regarded as one of the most popular and well known Silesian vocalist, along with an ...

(1956–1994), musician, lead singer of

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band

Dżem Dżem is a blues rock band formed in Tychy, Poland. Ryszard Riedel, one of the most famous vocalists from Poland, worked with the band. Their songs include: "Czerwony jak cegła" (''Red as a Brick''), "Whisky", "Wehikuł czasu (song), Wehikuł ...

Ireneusz Krosny Ireneusz Krosny (born 1968) is a Polish actor and mime artist. Born in Tychy, between 1982 and 1992 he worked with three amateur pantomime groups, most notably, "Scena Pantomimy", founded and led by Krosny. He began his professional career in 1992 ...

(born 1968), pantomime comedian * Adam Juretzko (born 1971), German wrestler *

(born 1972), ice-hockey player *

(born 1973), ice-hockey player *

Piotr Tomasz Nowakowski Piotr Tomasz Nowakowski (born 1974, in Tychy, Poland) is a Polish researcher, Doctor of Pedagogy, Assistant Professor at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. He is a Member of the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA), Florida ...

(born 1974), Polish researcher, university faculty and writer *

(born 1976), footballer * Piotr Kupicha (born 1979), musician, lead singer of

pop Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop! (British group), a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Album ...

band

Feel Feel may refer to: *Feeling Music Bands * Feel (New York band), a 1980s dance and R&B band * Feel (Polish band), a pop rock band Albums * ''Feel'' (Feel album), 2007 * ''Feel'' (George Duke album) or the title song, 1974 * ''Feel'' (Glenn Hughe ...

* Adam Bielecki (born 1983), Polish alpine and high-altitude climber * Łukasz Sinkiewicz (born 1985), Polish-German footballer *

Michał Brzozowski Michał Brzozowski (born 26 March 1988) is a Polish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Club In August 2007, he was loaned to Rozwój Katowice on a one-year deal. Brzozowski made his Ekstraklasa debut on 27.03.201 ...

(born 1988), footballer *

Dawid Tomala Dawid Tomala (born 27 August 1989 in Tychy) is a Polish race walker. He is the reigning Olympic champion in the 50 kilometres walk, having won the gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Tomala also represented his country at the 2012 London Olymp ...

(born 1989), race walker, Olympic Champion *

Jakub Świerczok Jakub Świerczok (; born 28 December 1992) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a striker for I liga club Śląsk Wrocław. Club career Born in Tychy, Świerczok began his career at Polonia Bytom. After scoring 12 goals in 18 match ...

(born 1992), footballer *

(born 1994), footballer * Szymon Żurkowski (born 1997), footballer *

Jakub Kiwior Jakub Piotr Kiwior (born 15 February 2000) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Arsenal and the Poland national team. Kiwior made his professional debut in 2018 for Slovak side FK Železiarne Po ...

(born 2000), footballer * Krzysztof Zamasz (born 1974), economist and professor

Twin towns – sister cities

Tychy is twinned with: *

Cassino Cassino () is a ''comune'' in the province of Frosinone at the southern end of the region of Lazio. It's the last city of the Valle Latina, Latin Valley. It is located at the foot of Monte Cairo near the confluence of the Gari (river), Gari and ...

, Italy * Marzahn-Hellersdorf (Berlin), Germany *

Oberhausen Oberhausen (, ) is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen ( ). The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Rout ...

, Germany

Gallery

File:Browarium Tyskie 47.JPG, Old railway building at the old brewery File:Tychy, osiedle A. 14 Rok 2013..JPG, Osiedle A in Tychy, built in the 1950s File:Tychy. Budynek ul. Damrota 41.JPG, Cooperative bank in the city centre File:Tychy, Pomnik Generała Stefana Grota Roweckiego. (www.NOLTYCHY.pl) - panoramio.jpg,

Stefan Rowecki Stefan Paweł Rowecki (pseudonym: ''Grot'', "Spearhead", hence the alternate name, Stefan Grot-Rowecki; 25 December 1895 – 2 August 1944) was a Polish general, journalist and the leader of the Armia Krajowa. He was murdered by the Gestapo in ...

monument File:Hotel Piramida.jpg, Hotel Piramida File:Tychy. Park Centralny (tzw łabędzi)2.JPG, Park Łabędzi File:Tychy Jezioro Paprocańskie 1.jpg, Paprocany Lake File:Paprocany Tyskie..JPG, Paprocany Lake

References

External links

Makropix.com
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