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Market Square in Katowice is a central feature of the Śródmieście district in the city of
Katowice
Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...
, Poland. This market square
The market square (or sometimes, the market place) is a Town square, square meant for trading, in which a market is held. It is an important feature of many towns and cities around the world.streetcar tracks, crossing the square in several directions. There are three squares within the marketplace: ''Kwiatowy'', ''Teatralny'', and ''Obrońców Katowic''.
The Silesian Theatre is located there.
In the 2010s the city has started to redesign the square. The Rynek, as understood by the Katowice authorities, is a central place and a showpiece of the city. ''Obrońców Katowic Square'' is a location of the Monument to the September Scouts. On the square and in the neighboring streets a hot-spot provides free wireless internet access.
At noon, Katowice's
The following historic buildings are located at the Market Square:
* Stanisław Wyspiański Silesian Theatre
* Apartment house (Rynek 7)
* Apartment house (Rynek 8)
* Tenement house, former bank (Rynek 9), erected in 1907
Around the Market Square are located such buildings as:
* Silesian Press House
* Skarbek Cooperative Department Store, completed in 1975
* Zenit Cooperative Department Store, erected in 1962
The following are located at the Market Square:
* Tourist Information Center and Upper Silesian Branch of
File:Katowice - DH Zenit 01.jpg, Zenit Cooperative Department Store
File:POL Katowice DH Skarbek.jpg, Skarbek Cooperative Department Store
File:Katowice - Rynek - Kamienice.JPG, 7 Market Square in Katowice
File:Katowice - Teatr Śląski im. St. Wyspiańskiego 01.jpg, Silesian Theatre
File:Katowicki rynek 02.jpg, Palms on the Market Square
At noon, Katowice's bugle call
A bugle call is a short tune, originating as a military signal announcing scheduled and certain non-scheduled events on a military installation, battlefield, or ship. Historically, bugles, drums, and other loud musical instruments were used fo ...
is played from the top of a tenement house at the intersection of Młyńska and Pocztowa Streets. The author of the music is an amateur composer from Bytom
Bytom (Polish pronunciation: ; Silesian: ''Bytōm, Bytōń'', german: Beuthen O.S.) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. Located in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland, the city is 7 km northwest of Katowice, the regional capital ...
, Adam Biernacki. The custom of playing the bugle-call has a short tradition, it was created in 2002.
Sights and institutions
The following historic buildings are located at the Market Square:
* Stanisław Wyspiański Silesian Theatre
* Apartment house (Rynek 7)
* Apartment house (Rynek 8)
* Tenement house, former bank (Rynek 9), erected in 1907
Around the Market Square are located such buildings as:
* Silesian Press House
* Skarbek Cooperative Department Store, completed in 1975
* Zenit Cooperative Department Store, erected in 1962
The following are located at the Market Square:
* Tourist Information Center and Upper Silesian Branch of PTTK
''Polskie Towarzystwo Turystyczno-Krajoznawcze'', PTTK (Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society) is a Polish non-governmental tourist organization with 312 branches across the country.
The PTTK is one of the oldest tourist societies in Europe. ...
(Rynek 13)
Gallery
See also
*Śródmieście, Katowice
Śródmieście ("city centre", German: Innenstadt) is a district (dzielnica) of the city of Katowice in southern Poland. It has an area of 3.81 km2 and in 2007 had 35,927 inhabitants.
This is the most urbanized part of the city, home of Silesi ...
* History of Katowice
Before World War I
The today's city of Katowice in Poland started as a conglomerate of a number of small farming and industrial village communities from the 13th century. Katowice itself was first mentioned under its present name as a villag ...
References
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