Dąbrówka Mała (German: Kleindombrowka, Eichenau) is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 3.68 km2 and in 2007 had 5,411 inhabitants.[1]
Dąbrówka Mała | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Dąbrówka Mała within Katowice | |
| Coordinates: 50°16′37″N 19°04′51″E / 50.27694°N 19.08083°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County/City | Katowice |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.68 km2 (1.42 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
• Total | 5,411 |
| • Density | 1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | (+48) 032 |
| Vehicle registration | SK |
| Primary airport | Katowice Airport |
During the German occupation (World War II), on April 3–4, 1940, the German police committed a massacre of 40 Poles from Katowice in Dąbrówka Mała (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2] The occupiers also operated a Polenlager forced labour camp for Poles in Dąbrówka Mała.[3]
Sights
editLandmarks of Dąbrówka Mała include the Saint Anthony church and the former Dąbrówka Mała Gmina Office (now a healthcare center). There are two parks in the district: Park w Dąbrówce and Park Zielony Zakątek. At Plac Żołnierzy Września, the district's main square, there is a monument dedicated to Poles massacred by the Germans in Dąbrówka Mała on April 3–4, 1940.
Gallery
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Saint Anthony church -
Former gmina office -
Monument to Poles massacred in 1940 -
Old tenement houses -
Park Zielony Zakątek
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References
edit- ^ Urząd Miasta Katowice. "Katowice - Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego" (PDF) (in Polish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
- ^ Wardzyńska, Maria (2009). Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion (in Polish). Warszawa: IPN. p. 142.
- ^ "Polenlager Kattowitz-Eichenau". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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