Koszutka
Koszutka ( German: Kossutka ) is 1.4 sq km area of the smallest district of Katowice and is located north of the ring road DTŚ ( Drogowa Trasa Średnicowa ), straddling the Korfanty Avenue and is an extension of the actual city center - viewed - of Śródmieście. Adjacent neighborhoods are Śródmieście, Wełnowiec, Bogucice and Dąb.
2003, the population was about 12,600, about 13,600 in 1997. During this period, the population fell per km ² of 9,710 to 9,000. The average age in Koszutka is well above the average age in Katowice. The northern area of the district is a residential area, the southern area is characterized by multi-storey apartment buildings from the fifties and apartment blocks subsequent decades. The pronounced mainly as a residential district district with a low proportion of office and service area offers little free built-up areas. The central location of some municipal service facilities are located in Koszutka.
Koszutka originated in the 17th century as a colony of Bogucice. The development of the district was particularly pronounced in the 19th century. However, the structural growth faltered due to the multi-annual fire the mine " Fanny " in which there was subsidence of the soil. In the 1930s, the structural expansion concentrated on the western part of today's Korfanty Avenue ( Aleja Korfantego ). 1924 Koszutka - together with Bogucice - Part of Katowice. At the time of the People's Republic of Poland ( PRL) Koszutka was known mainly as Marchlewskistraße - working-class neighborhood ( Osiedle Robotnicze in. J. Marchlewskiego ). At this time, the so-called " familoki " were replaced with new ones, niedergeschossige development. End of the sixties, then the "blue blocks " arose ( " niebieske Bloki " ) - higher apartment buildings - as well as the shopping pavilion complex along the Chorzowska road ( ul Chorzowska ), commonly known as the "Passage" ( " Pasaż ").
Attractions
- Multipurpose Hall " Spodek "
- Mining Institute ( Instytut Główny Górnictwa )
- Grunwaldplatz ( Plac Grunwaldzki ) with the monumental sculpture "Family" ( " Rodzina " ) by J. Kwiatkowski
- Educational and Psychological Faculty of the Silesian University
- Silesian Fantasy Club ( Slaski club Fantastyki )
- Center for Film Art ( Centrum Sztuki Filmowej ) in the renovated building of the former cinema "Cosmos "
- Municipal House of Culture ( Dom Kultury Miejski ) ul Grażyńskiego 47
- Doctors House ( Dom Lekarza ) seat of the Silesian district Medical Association
- Office complex " Podkowy ", passed by the General Jerzy Ziętek as housing for soldiers and police officers
- Office complex of engineering studies and projects for the coal industry ( Biuro Studiów i Projektów Przemysłu Węglowego ) on Grunwaldplatz
- Gallery - residential complex along the avenue Korfanty
Public transport
Koszutka is best achieved with the trams Tramwaje Śląskie with the lines # 6, 11, 13, 14, 16, 23 and 41 In addition, buses run by the KZK GOP Koszutka, mainly in order to Siemanowice, Bogucice and Zagłębie. Another bus company PKM Tarnów Gory serves connections to Koszutka.