Żory
Zory ( German Sohrau ) is a city with about 60,000 inhabitants in southern Poland, in Upper Silesia. The city lies at the Raude (Polish Ruda ), in the southwestern part of the Silesian Province about 30 km southwest of Katowice.
City arrangement and numbers of inhabitants
Zory divided into the following districts:
History
Sohrau received its town charter by 1272. Until 1532 the town belonged to the Duchy of Opole - Ratibor. The city was repeatedly destroyed town fires ( 1583, 1661, 1702, 1807). 1807 the Town Hall was destroyed on the ring and then not rebuilt. In the 18th and 19th century the linen industry was of great importance for the city. It was replaced by the Iron and machine industry in the 19th century.
In 1818 the city became part of the newly formed Prussian district of Rybnik. In the plebiscite in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921 2353 votes were cast ( 69.4 %) to remain with Germany in Sohrau 1036 votes (30.6%) were for connection to Poland. With the majority of the district of Rybnik, the city was still incorporated into the Polish state on July 3, 1922. In the Polish campaign, the Wehrmacht captured on 26 October 1939, the city and destroyed the temple. On 24 March 1945, the war-ravaged city was conquered by the Red Army. The German population was expelled in the following years for the most part. Because of mines and metallurgical closures there is high unemployment today.
Universities
- Górnośląska Wyższa SzkoĹ Handlowa in. Wojciecha Korfantego in Katowice - Study Zory
- Politechnika Śląska in Gliwice - Study Zory
Twinning
Zory maintains partnerships with the following cities:
Sons and daughters of the town
- Jerzy macula ( b. 1952 ), Polish sailing stunt pilot
- Stanisław Sojka ( born 1959 ), Polish jazz singer and composer
- Otto Stern (1888-1969), physicist, Nobel Prize winner
- Iwona Węgrowska ( b. 1982 ), Polish singer