Dąbrówka Mała Explained

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]

Sights

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katowice - Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego. 2011-06-16. Urząd Miasta Katowice. Polish. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111104131333/http://bip.um.katowice.pl/dokumenty/2009/12/30/1262693839.pdf. 2011-11-04.
  2. Book: Wardzyńska, Maria. 2009. Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion. pl. Warszawa. IPN. 142.
  3. Web site: Polenlager Kattowitz-Eichenau. Bundesarchiv.de. 5 June 2021. de.