Osiedle Tysiąclecia (''Millennial District'') is a district of

Katowice Katowice (, ) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Katowice urban area. As of 2021, Katowice has an official population of 286,960, and a resident population estimate of around 315,000. K ...

and one of the largest districts in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. It is located in the northern part of Katowice, on the land once occupied by the villages of Bederowiec, Sośnina and east Klimzowiec. The construction of the district began in 1961 during the times of the

People's Republic of Poland The Polish People's Republic (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), and also often simply known as Poland, was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor of the modern-day democratic Republic of Poland. ...

. The name was chosen as 1961 was a 1000th anniversary of the founding of Poland. It has an area of 1.88 km² and in 2007 had 23,501 inhabitants. The district is bordered by the town of

Chorzów Chorzów ( ; ; ) is a city in the Silesia region of southern Poland, near Katowice. Chorzów is one of the central cities of the Metropolis GZM – a metropolis with a population of 2 million. It is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Rawa ...

on the west, on the east by ul. Bracka (Bracka street), on the south by the Rawa and Załęże district and on the north by Silesian Park (Park Śląski). The district is formed by several dozen tall apartment buildings. The largest of those are the ''Kukurydze'' (Corn on the Cob) of 82 metres height (24 floors), which makes them the second tallest apartment buildings in Poland.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Osiedle Tysiaclecia Districts of Katowice Planned communities in Poland