Chorzow Travel Guide

Chorzow (Königshütte) is a city in southern Poland with 114,686 inhabitants (2006) and town area of 33,5 km², situated on the Rawa river (confluence of Brynica river) on the Silesian Highland (Wyżyna Śląska) in the centre of the Upper Silesian Industrial Area, north-west of Katowice, and was also known previously as Königshütte in German prior to 1945. The modern city of Chorzów was formed in 1934-1939 by the merger of separate industrial communities of Chorzów, Królewska Huta, Nowe Hajduki and Hajduki Wielkie into one municipality. The name of the oldest settlement Chorzów was given to the whole city.

Chorzów is a separate city county since 1898, with the exception of 1975-1998 when counties were abolished in Poland. Since 1999 Chorzów is part of the Silesian Voivodeship, and previously of Katowice Voivodeship.
The eastern part of Chorzów, on the boundary with Katowice and Siemianowice Śląskie, features Silesian Central Park (Wojewódzki Park Kultury i Wypoczynku) with the:
- Silesian Stadium (Stadion Śląski) the biggest sporting stadium in Poland,
- Amusement grounds (lunapark),
- longest European cable line railway "Elka",
- Silesian Planetary and Astronomical Observatory (Planetarium i Obserwatorium Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika),
- Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park (Górnośląski Park Etnograficzny) - "Skansen",
- International Katowice Fairs (Międzynarodowe Targi Katowickie).
- The Zoological Garden
- The Amusement Park
- the swimming-pool complex
- the water sports center
- tennis courts
- the rose-garden