Chorzów Stary

Chorzów Stary (literally Old Chorzów) is a district of Chorzów, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland.

Chorzów Stary
Chorzów District
Mary Magdalene church
Location of Chorzów Stary within Chorzów
Coordinates: 50°18′23″N 18°58′30″E
Country Poland
VoivodeshipSilesian
County/CityChorzów
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code(s)(+48) 032

History

The village could have been first mentioned in 1136 in a papal bull of Pope Innocent II in the sentence: Item villa ante Bitom, que Zversov dicitur cum rusticis argentifossoribus et cum duabus tabernis nonnisi ad archiepiscopi pertinet iurisdictionem.[1] Later it was mentioned in a document issued by Władysław Opolski on June 24, 1257, which allowed Henryk of Miechów to resettle Chorzów on German law. This privilege was renewed by Casimir of Bytom in 1299.[1] The local Catholic parish was established somewhere between 1300 and 1326, when it was first mentioned in Peter's Pence register among parishes of Sławków deanery in Diocese of Kraków.[1]

After World War I in the Upper Silesia plebiscite 3,242 out of 6,269 voters in Chorzów (Stary) voted in favour of staying in Germany, against 2,980 opting for joining Poland.[2] In 1922 it became a part of Silesian Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic.

References
  1. Maroń, Franciszek (1969). "Rozwój sieci parafialnej w diecezji katowickiej aż do końca XV wieku" [The development of a net of parish in Diocese of Katowice until the end of the 15th century]. Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne (in Polish): 125–126.
  2. "Results of the Upper Silesia plebiscite in Kattowitz/Katowice County" (in German). Retrieved 2015-05-03.


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