Adding us as a Preferred Source tells Google you trust our content, so our articles show up more often in your Google Search, Discover feed, and AI Overviews.
verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies.
Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Sosnowiec: Centenary Square
Centenary Square, Sosnowiec, Pol.
Sosnowiec
Poland
Sosnowiec, city, ÅlÄ skie wojewĆ³dztwo (province), southern Poland. It lies along the Czarna Przemsza River, which is a tributary of the Vistula River. A rail junction in the Silesian Upland, Sosnowiec has numerous heavy-industrial plants and coal mines. It is also the home of Polandās first mining museum.
A castle was built in Sosnowiec in the 17th century. The city was rebuilt after a disastrous fire in 1830 and began to prosper with the building of the Warsaw-Vienna rail line in 1845. It had become an industrial centre by the end of the 19th century. Town rights were acquired in 1902. By the time of its centennial in 2002, it had augmented its industrial activities with commercial and service-oriented businesses. Pop. (2011) 216,420.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
Discover the fascinating events that shaped the world, straight from our editors.
By clicking āSign Upā, you consent to the Britannica
Privacy Policy
and
Terms of Use.