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Ruch Radzionków
Ruch Radzionków is a Polish association football club based in Radzionków. As of the 2024–25 season, the club competes in the IV liga Silesia. History Foundation The club was established by a group of Polish activists who modelled the organisation on contemporary German sports associations. Founded as (Games and Entertainment Society) on the 14 August 1919, the Silesian Uprisings, First Silesian Uprising broke out just a few days later in which members of the newly created club became involved. The following year the club changed its name to Ruch Radzionków, although the prefix ( movement) was not as unambiguously Polish as ''Piast dynasty, Piast'', ''Radzin'', and ''Jastrząb'' which were also contenders for the club’s name. During the first few decades of its existence Ruch Radzionków contested a series of international matches, of which little is known, and were able to build a stadium which was completed in 1933. In 1935 a Sanation-backed contender to the club was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IV Liga Silesia
IV liga Silesia group (grupa śląska), also known as I liga Śląska InterHall for sponsorship reasons, is one of the groups of IV liga, the fifth level of Polish football league system. The league was created in the 2000–01 season after introducing new administrative division of Poland. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, IV liga was the fourth tier of league system, but this was changed with the formation of the Ekstraklasa as the top level league in Poland. From its inception, IV liga Silesia was divided into subgroups, before switching to a single group format in 2024. The clubs from Silesian Voivodeship compete in this group. The winner of the league is promoted to group III of the III liga. The bottom teams are relegated to the groups of V liga from Silesian Voivodeship. These groups group I and group II. References {{Football in Poland Football_leagues_in_Poland Sport in Silesian Voivodeship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polonia Bytom
Polonia Bytom () is a Polish football club based in Bytom. Founded in 1920, the team won two List of Polish football champions, championships, in 1954 Ekstraklasa, 1954 and 1962 Ekstraklasa, 1962. As of the 2025–26 I liga, 2025–26 season, they compete in the I liga, the second tier of Polish football. History Beginnings Polonia was founded on 4 January 1920 in the Upper Silesian city of Bytom, during the hectic months of the Silesian Uprisings. In late 1922, however, as a result of the Upper Silesia plebiscite, Bytom remained part of Germany and the club ceased to exist. In May 1945, numerous players and officials of another Polish club, Pogoń Lwów, arrived in Bytom and decided to revive Polonia. On 17 May 1945, the team played its first game in over two decades, defeating Warta Poznań 3–2. Polonia is considered the continuation of Pogoń Lwów; its logo is very similar to the logo of Lwów's team as well as their colours, red-blue. 1950s and 1960s Polonia achieved g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarnowskie Góry
Tarnowskie Góry (; ; ) is a city in Silesia, southern Poland, located in the Silesian Highlands near Katowice and seat city of Tarnowskie Góry County Located in the north of the Metropolis GZM, a megalopolis (city type), megalopolis, the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area populated by about 5,294,000 people. The population of the town is 61,842 (2021) making it one of the biggest towns in Poland. As of 1999, it is part of Silesian Voivodeship, previously Katowice Voivodeship. The Historic Silver Mine in Tarnowskie Góry, Historic Silver Mine of Tarnowskie Góry, a UNESCO World Heritage Site is located in the town. Names and etymology The name of Tarnowskie Góry is derived from ''Tarnowice'', name of a local village and word ''góry'' which in Old Polish meant "mines". In a Prussian document from 1750 (published in the Polish language in Berlin by Frederick the Great [1712–1786]), the town is mentioned, among other Silesian towns, as "Tarnowskie Góry". The German n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cider
Cider ( ) is an alcoholic beverage made from the Fermented drink, fermented Apple juice, juice of apples. Cider is widely available in the United Kingdom (particularly in the West Country) and Ireland. The United Kingdom has the world's highest per capita consumption, as well as the largest cider-producing companies. Ciders from the South West of England are generally higher in alcoholic content. Cider is also popular in many Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, such as India, South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and New England. As well as the UK and its former colonies, cider is popular in Portugal (mainly in Entre-Douro-e-Minho Province, Minho and Madeira), France (particularly Normandy and Brittany), northern Italy (specifically Friuli), and northern Spain (specifically Asturias and Basque Country (greater region), Basque Country). Germany also has its own types of cider with Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse producing a particularly tart version known as A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dziennik Zachodni
''Dziennik Zachodni'' (, Western Daily, DZ) is a regional Polish newspaper distributed in Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( ; ; ; ; Silesian German: ; ) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic. The area is predominantly known for its heav .... Its headquarters is located in the city of Sosnowiec. Established in February 1945 by Stanisław Ziemba, it was initially a state-held daily. Taken over by Polskapresse company, itself a part of the Verlagsgruppe Passau, it is currently the best selling regional newspaper in Poland with an average of 109,000 copies sold daily. Following the 2004 merger with Trybuna Śląska daily, it is also one of the largest. The main issue is published daily in approximately 326,000 copies, with a set of add-ins devoted to sports and labour (Mondays), education (Tuesdays), motorization (Wednesdays), household (Thursdays), health and trave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bytom
Bytom (Polish pronunciation: ; Silesian language, Silesian: ''Bytōm, Bytōń'', ) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. Located in the Silesian Voivodeship, the city is 7 km northwest of Katowice, the regional capital. It is one of the oldest cities in the Upper Silesia, and the former seat of the Silesian Piasts, Piast dukes of the Duchy of Bytom. Until 1532, it was in the hands of the Piast dynasty, then it belonged to the House of Hohenzollern, Hohenzollern dynasty. After 1623 it was a state country in the hands of Henckel von Donnersmarck, the Donnersmarck family. From 1742 to 1945 the town was within the borders of Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia and Germany, and played an important role as an economic and administrative centre of the Katowice urban area, local industrial region. Until the outbreak of World War II, it was the main centre of national, social, cultural and publishing organisations fighting to preserve Polish identity in Upper Silesia. In the interbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pogoń Lwów
LKS Pogoń Lwów is a former Polish professional sports club which was located in Lwów, Lwów Voivodeship (now Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ... in Ukraine), and existed from 1904 until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It was the oldest Polish association football, football club, only behind other teams from Lwów – Czarni Lwów, Czarni and Lechia Lwów, Lechia. With numerous departments, among them football, ice hockey and track and field, Pogoń was a major force of Polish sports in the Interwar period, interbellum period; its football team was never relegated from the elite Ekstraklasa, Polish Football League. The club ceased to exist in September 1939, following Polish September Campaign, German and Soviet aggression on Poland. On 2 July 1939 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruch Chorzów Stadium
The Ruch Chorzów Stadium (Stadion Ruchu Chorzów), also known as the Cicha Street Stadium (Stadion przy ulicy Cichej), is a multi-purpose stadium in the Chorzów Batory, Batory district of the town Chorzów, Poland. Built in the years 1934-1935 for the successful Ruch Chorzów, Ruch Wielkie Hajduki team and currently is also used mostly for football matches and serves as the home of that club, now known as Ruch Chorzów. The stadium has a capacity of 9,300 people. References Buildings and structures in Chorzów Football venues in Poland, Chorzów Multi-purpose stadiums in Poland Sports venues in Silesian Voivodeship {{Poland-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939. The state was established in the final stage of World War I. The Second Republic was taken over in 1939, after it was invaded by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and the Slovak Republic, marking the beginning of the European theatre of the Second World War. The Polish government-in-exile was established in Paris and later London after the fall of France in 1940. When, after several regional conflicts, most importantly the victorious Polish-Soviet war, the borders of the state were finalized in 1922, Poland's neighbours were Czechoslovakia, Germany, the Free City of Danzig, Lithuania, Latvia, Romania, and the Soviet Union. It had access to the Baltic Sea via a short strip of coastline known as the Polish Corridor on either side of the city of Gdynia. Between March and August 1939, Poland a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michał Grażyński
Michał Grażyński (12 May 1890 in Gdów as Michał Tadeusz Kurzydło – 10 December 1965 in London, United Kingdom) was a Polish military leader, social and political activist, doctor of philosophy and law, voivode of the Silesian Voivodeship, Scouting activist and president of Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego. Born to a teacher's family in Gdów, in Austrian-ruled Polish Galicia, he attended Gimnazjum Św. Anny (St.Anna-Gymnasium) in Kraków and Jagiellonian University, where he graduated in 1913, receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy for a dissertation about the history of the Polish monetary system. In 1914 he started work as teacher in Stanisławów (now Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine), but after the 1st World War broke out he was mobilized into the Austro-Hungarian Army in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, served on the Eastern Front and was wounded. In 1918, following Poland's independence he joined the Polish Army and served in the intelligence and propaganda branch wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silesian Voivodeship (1920–1939)
The Silesian Voivodeship (; German language, German: ''Woiwodschaft Schlesien'') was an autonomous province (voivodeship) of the Second Polish Republic. The bulk of its territory had formerly belonged to the German Empire, German/Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian Province of Silesia and became part of the newly reborn Poland as a result of the 1921 Upper Silesia plebiscite, the Geneva Conventions, three Silesian Uprisings, Upper Silesian Uprisings, and the eventual partition of Upper Silesia between Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia. The remainder had been the easternmost portion of Austrian Silesia (see Cieszyn Silesia) which was partitioned between Poland and Czechoslovakia following the collapse of Austria-Hungary, the Polish–Czechoslovak War and the Spa Conference of 1920. The capital of the voivodeship was Katowice. The voivodeship was dissolved on 8 October 1939 following the German invasion of Poland, and its territory was incorporated into the German Province of Silesia. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
