Official Name: | Kolonia Fryderyk |
Total Type: | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Silesian |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wodzisław |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Gorzyce |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Bolesław Lenczyk |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1911 |
Area Total Km2: | 1.78 |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 1105 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | CET |
Utc Offset: | +1 |
Timezone Dst: | CEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 49.9689°N 18.42°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 44-350 |
Blank Name: | Car plates |
Blank Info: | SWD |
Kolonia Fryderyk is a village in Gmina Gorzyce, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It lies approximately 2km (01miles) north-east of Gorzyce, 50NaN0 south-west of Wodzisław Śląski, and 520NaN0 south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
It was founded in 1911 as a coal mining settlement. Construction of the Friedrich - Schacht coal mine had begun in 1913 and it began operating for war purposes in 1916. It was closed in 1923.