Janów-Nikiszowiec (german: Janow-Nickischschacht) is a district 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 ...
. It has an area of 8.65 km
2 and in 2007 had 11,496 inhabitants.
The district encompasses the former Janów and
Nikiszowiec
Nikiszowiec ( German: ''Nikischschacht'') a part of an administrative district Janów-Nikiszowiec of Katowice city.
History
Initially it was coal miners' settlement of Giesche mine built on the land of Gieschewald manor (Giszowiec) between 1908 ...
.
File:Kościół św. Anny, Janów-Nikiszowiec e2.jpg, Saint Anne church in Janów
File:Poczta Nikiszowiec Plac Wyzwolenia Katowice.jpg, Post office in Nikiszowiec
References
Districts of Katowice
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