Tychy

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Tychy

(Flag)	(Coat of arms)
Motto: Tychy - a good place

Basic Information
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
Powiat (County)	Rada miasta Tychy
Gmina (Commune)	Tychy
Urban Information
Population	132,600
Founded	1467
City rights	1951
Latitude Longitude	50°08' N 18°59' E
Gmina Tychy
Type of commune	-
Districts (No.)	-
Area	82,63 km²
Agglomeration	na
Density	1,608/km²
Area code	+48 32
Car plates	ST
Twin towns	Cassino, Berlin-Marzahn, Huddinge
Economy and Traffic
Economy	-
Highway	-
Railway	-
Airport	Katowice International Airport
Administration
Mayor	Andrzej Dziuba
Municipal Address	-
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.

1 Location
2 History
3 Origins of New Tychy
4 Education
5 Famous people born or live in Tychy

[edit] Location

Tychy is located about 20 km south of Katowice in the Upper Silesian Industry 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

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