Dąbrówka Mała | |
Settlement Type: | Katowice District |
Coordinates: | 50.2769°N 19.0808°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Poland |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County/City |
Subdivision Name2: | Katowice |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 3.68 |
Population Total: | 5,411 |
Population As Of: | 2007 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Area Code: | (+48) 032 |
Registration Plate: | SK |
Blank Name Sec2: | Primary airport |
Blank Info Sec2: | Katowice Airport |
Dąbrówka Mała is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 3.68 km2 and in 2007 had 5,411 inhabitants.[1]
During the German occupation (World War II), on April 3–4, 1940, the German police committed a massacre of 40 Poles from Katowice in Dąbrówka Mała (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).[2] The occupiers also operated a Polenlager forced labour camp for Poles in Dąbrówka Mała.[3]
Landmarks of Dąbrówka Mała include the Saint Anthony church and the former Dąbrówka Mała Gmina Office (now a healthcare center). There are two parks in the district: Park w Dąbrówce and Park Zielony Zakątek. At Plac Żołnierzy Września, the district's main square, there is a monument dedicated to Poles massacred by the Germans in Dąbrówka Mała on April 3–4, 1940.