Radlin is a town in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship,

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, with 17,776 inhabitants (2019). Located in southern part of the Voivodeship, close to the Czech border, between 1975 and 1997, Radlin was a district of the city of

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History

First mention of the settlement of ''Biertułtowy'' (which now makes the center of Radlin) comes from 1305, as ''Bertholdi villa''. The very name Radlin probably comes from the Polish word ''radło'', which means ard. In the 19th century, Radlin was one of the biggest villages of the Rybnik County of the

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. Like other locations of Upper Silesia, it grew in the 19th century, when several enterprises were opened there – ''Coal Mine Marcel'', ''Coke Plant Radlin''. In 1922, after

Silesian Uprisings The Silesian Uprisings (german: Aufstände in Oberschlesien, Polenaufstände, links=no; pl, Powstania śląskie, links=no) were a series of three uprisings from August 1919 to July 1921 in Upper Silesia, which was part of the Weimar Republic ...

, it became part of Poland.

Sport

Górnik Radlin Klub Sportowy Górnik Radlin is a Polish sports club based in Radlin. It has football, volleyball, gymnastics, swimming and fencing sections. The volleyball team plays in the Polish Volleyball League (Polska Liga Siatkówki, PLS) and the foot ...

– men's

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team playing in

Polish Volleyball League The PlusLiga is the highest level of men's volleyball in Poland, a professional league competition featuring volleyball clubs located in this country. It is overseen by Polska Liga Siatkówki SA (PLS SA). It is currently a 16 teams league from Oc ...

*KS Górnik Radlin – men's football team *KG Radlin – gymnastic club, founded in 1920, where trained 20 Polish Olympic athletes

Sights

* Graduation Tower in Radlin – first

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on an industrial side of Upper Silesia in Poland *Kolonia Emma in Radlin – modernist estate of the nineteenth century designed as a "garden city"

Notable people

Bolesław Kominek Bolesław Kominek (23 December 1903 – 10 March 1974) was a Polish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Wrocław from 1972 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1973. Biography Bolesław Komin ...

(1903–1974),

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of the Roman Catholic Church * Leszek Blanik (born 1977), gymnast, World and Olympic champion

Twin towns – sister cities

Radlin is twinned with: * Genthin, Germany * Mohelnice, Czech Republic * Rohatyn, Ukraine

References

External links

* Cities and towns in Silesian Voivodeship Wodzisław County {{Wodzisław-geo-stub