Nikiszowiec ( German: ''Nikischschacht'') a part of an administrative district

Janów-Nikiszowiec Janów-Nikiszowiec (german: Janow-Nickischschacht) is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 8.65 km2 and in 2007 had 11,496 inhabitants. The district encompasses the former Janów and Nikiszowiec. File:Kościół św. Anny, Janów-Nikis ...

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 ...

city.

History

Initially it was coal miners' settlement of Giesche mine built on the land of Gieschewald manor (

Giszowiec Giszowiec (German language, German: ''Gieschewald'') is an eastern district of the city of Katowice (Silesian Voivodeship, Poland), created as a coal miners' settlement in 1907. Initially consisting of about 3,300 miners and their families, the di ...

) between 1908–1918 on the mining – metallurgical concern initiative Georg von Giesches Erben. On 9 May 1924, the manor was liquidated, and Nikiszowiec together with Giszowiec were incorporated into Janów district. In 1951 the district became a part of a new city –

Szopienice Szopienice-Burowiec () is a district of Katowice, Poland, located in the north-eastern part of the city. It has an area of 8.47 km2 and in 2007 had 17,139 inhabitants. The area of a district encompasses two historically important settlements ...

, however, this decision was voided in 1960, when both Szopienice and Nikiszowiec were incorporated to

. The remnants of the original workers' housing estate

familok Familok is a type of house for many families, designed for workers of the heavy industry, mainly coal miners, built at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century in the cities and towns of Silesia. "Familok" is a Silesian way ...

s (specialized multi-family residences) comprise one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (''

Pomnik historii Historic Monument ( pl, pomnik historii) is one of several categories of objects of cultural heritage (in the singular, '' zabytek'') in Poland. To be recognized as a Polish historic monument, an object must be declared such by the President o ...

''), as designated January 28, 2011 and tracked by the

National Heritage Board of Poland The National Institute of Cultural Heritage of Poland ( pl, Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa NID) is a Polish governmental institution responsible for documenting cultural property and the intangible cultural heritage, as well as for supporting and ...

References

Districts of Katowice Planned communities in Poland {{Silesian-geo-stub