Tychy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Tychy | |
 |
 |
| (Flag) | (Coat of arms) |
| Motto: Tychy - a good place | |
 |
|
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| Municipal government | Rada miasta Tychy |
| Mayor | Andrzej Dziuba |
| Area | 82,63 km² |
| Population - city - urban - density |
132,600 na 1,608/km² |
| Founded | 1467 |
| City rights | 1951 |
| Latitude Longitude |
50°08' N 18°59' E |
| Area code | +48 32 |
| Car plates | ST |
| Twin towns | Cassino, Berlin-Marzahn, Huddinge |
| Municipal Website | |
Tychy (pronounce: 
['tixi], German: Tichau) is a city in southern Poland with a population of 132,600. Situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Katowice Voivodeship (1975-1998). Tychy is an important center of beer production (Tyskie beer) and automotive industry.
Contents |
[edit] Location
Tychy is located about 20 km south of Katowice in the Upper Silesian Industrial Area near the Vistula river. The city borders with Katowice in the north, Mikołów in the west, Bieruń Stary in the east and Kobiór in the south.
[edit] History
First information about Tychy comes from 1467.
[edit] Origins of New Tychy
The "New City" was designated by Prezydium Rządu in 1950 and deliberately located near to Katowice with the intention that it wouldn't be self sustaining city. Tychy is the largest of the so-called "new towns" in Poland and was built from 1950 to 1985 to allow for urban expansion in the southeast of GOP. New Tychy were development to be 100,000 people town. In 2006 the population had reached 132,500.
Design and planning of New Tychy was delegated to Kazimierz Wejchert and his wife Hanna Adamczewska-Wejchert.
[edit] Education
- Nauczycielskie Kolegium Języków Obcych Teacher Training College of Foreign Languages NKJO Tychy
- Wyższa Szkoła Zarządzania i Nauk Społecznych Higher School of Management and Social Sciences WSZiNS Tychy
- Filia Politechniki Śląskiej
- I LO im. Leona Kruczkowskiego
- II LO im. Cypriana Kamila Norwida
- III LO im. Stanisława Wyspiańskiego
- IV LO im. Gustawa Morcinka (Zespół Szkół nr 1)
- VI LO (Zespół Szkół nr 4)
- V LO (Zespół Szkół Ekonomicznych)
[edit] Famous people born or live in Tychy
- Krzysztof Oliwa
- Ryszard Riedel
- Mariusz Czerkawski
- August Kiss
- Magda Gawlicka
- Henryk Gruth
- Radosław Gilewicz
- Bartosz Karwan
- Ireneusz Krosny
- Stanisław Mazuś
- Sebastian Riedel
- Kamilla Baar
- Marek Szczepański
- Ryszard M. Małajny
- Kazimierz Zgryzek
- Sławomir Żukowski
- Ryszard Czernow
- Bogdan Choma
- Marek Brzozok
- Krzysztof Wielicki
- Józef Krupiński
Będzin · Bytom · Chorzów · Czeladź · Dąbrowa Górnicza · Gliwice · Jaworzno · Katowice · Knurów · Mysłowice · Piekary Śląskie · Ruda Śląska · Siemianowice Śląskie · Sosnowiec · Świętochłowice · Tychy · Zabrze
 |
Silesian Voivodship |
|---|---|
|
Cities: Bielsko-Biała | Bytom | Chorzów | Częstochowa | Dąbrowa Górnicza | Gliwice | Jastrzębie Zdrój | Jaworzno | Katowice | Mysłowice | Piekary Śląskie | Ruda Śląska | Rybnik | Siemianowice Śląskie | Sosnowiec | Świętochłowice | Tychy | Zabrze | Żory |
 |
This Silesian Voivodeship location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
