Karchowice Explained

Karchowice
Settlement Type:Village
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Tarnowskie Góry
Subdivision Type3:Gmina
Subdivision Name3:Zbrosławice
Pushpin Map:Poland
Coordinates:50.3942°N 18.6828°W
Population Total:308
Website:http://www.karchowice.prv.pl

Karchowice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Zbrosławice, within Tarnowskie Góry County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.[1] It lies approximately 6km (04miles) south-west of Zbrosławice, 150NaN0 south-west of Tarnowskie Góry, and 280NaN0 north-west of the regional capital Katowice.

Monuments

In Karchowice is located The Historic Waterworks Station ‘ZAWADA’ which is included in the Industrial Monuments Route of Silesia since the beginning of its existence. The Historic Waterworks Station ‘ZAWADA’ in Karchowice has been a landmark in the borough of Zbrosławice since 1895, when the first deep well was officially opened and started supplying drinking water to the residential parts of the western counties in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region including such cities as Zabrze, Bytom, Ruda Śląska, Gliwice and others.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal) . 2008-06-01 . Polish.