Baildon Steelworks

The Baildonhütte is a 1801 built iron works in the Upper Silesian city of Katowice. It is in insolvency since 2001.

History

John Baildon built in 1801 as a cottage technical civil engineer named after him Baildonhütte ( Puddlingswerk ) with four Puddelhochöfen the village Domb north of the village of Katowice. Thus, the production of welding iron and steel has been greatly modernized.

The village had about 1326 inhabitants Katowice in 1845. In the first half of the 19th century the village has grown amazingly. In 1865 the town was granted the city rights. The village Dąb with the Baildonhütte has been joined in 1924 by the Municipality of Katowice. 1939 was one of the township 134 thousand inhabitants.

After the invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 Upper Silesia the military administration was assumed. Based on the Regulation of Hitler on 8 October 1939, connecting the western regions of Poland to the kingdom, the military administration was abolished on 26 October and the conquered part Ostoberschlesiens was - incorporated in the Silesian province - as the Katowice administrative district.

In 1943 the Baildonhütte was a steel mill in the United Upper Silesian hut Werke AG (short Oberhütten ). Over the years 1943-44, the use of prisoners of war and foreign laborers has assumed a mass character.

The Upper Silesian territory was captured largely intact by the Red Army in January 1945.