Zabrze

Zabrze (pronounce: ) is a city in southern Poland with 194,041 inhabitants (2004). It is situated in the Silesian Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodship (1975-1998).

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Zabrze is a relatively new city, having received its charter only in 1922.

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But the village Zabrze that eventually gave the city its name has been

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first mentioned in records in the 13th century. The name Zabrze has been

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Silesian Voivodship: Silesia or Silesian Voivodship(1) is an administrative region and local government unit in Poland, established in 1999 out of Katowice, Cz?stochowa and Bielsko-Bia?a voivodships as a result of Local Government Reorganisation Act of 1998 (effective 1 January 1999)....