Bobrek (

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: ''Bobrek'') is a district of the city of Bytom in the

Silesian Voivodeship Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province ( pl, województwo śląskie ) is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centered on the historic region known as Upper Silesia ('), with Katowice serving as its capital. Despite the Silesian V ...

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. The district borders

Szombierki Szombierki (german: Schomberg) is a Bytom#Districts, district of Bytom, Poland, located in the southern part of the city. Szombierki Heat Power Station and Szombierki Coal Mine (KWK Szombierki), both recognized as important historical and indus ...

(a district of Bytom) to its east,

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(another district of Bytom) to its north,

Ruda Śląska Ruda Śląska (formerly ) is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It is a district in the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, a metropolis with a population of two million. It is in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica Rive ...

to its south and

Zabrze Zabrze (; German: 1915–1945: ''Hindenburg O.S.'', full form: ''Hindenburg in Oberschlesien'', Silesian: ''Zŏbrze'', yi, זאַבזשע, Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. The west district of the Si ...

to its east. As of 2011 it has a population of roughly 5 thousand people. Bobrek is very closely associated with

. During

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, the Germans operated three forced labour camps in Bobrek, including a camp solely for

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and the E209 subcamp of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner of war camp.

Sport

Football

The first football club established in Bobrek was RKS Górnik Bobrek (founded in 1945). In 1958 the club Bobrek Karb Bytom was established, which became defunct by 2007. Currently the clubs

Polonia Bytom Polonia Bytom () is a Polish football club based in Bytom, founded in 1920, two times Polish Champions. The team currently plays in the III liga (as of 2022–23). History Beginnings Polonia was founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesia ...

and Nadzieja Bytom enjoy great amount of support in the district.

Notable people

* Jerzy Gołkowski (born in the 18th century), Moravian Missionary who worked in

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References

External links

* Bytom Neighbourhoods in Silesian Voivodeship {{Silesian-geo-stub