Radlin, Silesian Voivodeship Explained

Radlin
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:	Radlin (urban gmina)
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	Barbara Magiera
Established Title:	First mentioned
Established Date:	1365
Elevation Min M:	245
Elevation Max M:	298
Area Total Km2:	12.53
Population As Of:	2019-06-30^[1]
Population Total:	17776
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Coordinates:	50.0167°N 18.4833°W
Postal Code Type:	Postal code
Postal Code:	44-310
Blank Name:	Car plates
Blank Info:	SWD
Module:	Wikidata: yes Zoom: 11 Height: 300 Stroke-Width: 1 Shape-Fill-Opacity: 0.2

Radlin is a town in Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 17,776 inhabitants (2019). Located in southern part of the Voivodeship, close to the Czech border, between 1975 and 1997,^[2] Radlin was a district of the city of Wodzisław Śląski.

History

First mention of the settlement of Biertułtowy (which now makes the center of Radlin) comes from 1305, as Bertholdi villa. The very name Radlin probably comes from the Polish word radło, which means ard. In the 19th century, Radlin was one of the biggest villages of the Rybnik County of the Kingdom of Prussia. Like other locations of Upper Silesia, it grew in the 19th century, when several enterprises were opened there – Coal Mine Marcel, Coke Plant Radlin. In 1922, after Silesian Uprisings, it became part of Poland.

Sport

• Górnik Radlin – men's volleyball team playing in Polish Volleyball League
• KS Górnik Radlin – men's football team^[3]
• KG Radlin – gymnastic club, founded in 1920, where trained 20 Polish Olympic athletes^{[4] [5]}

Sights

• Graduation Tower in Radlin – first graduation tower on an industrial side of Upper Silesia in Poland ^[6]
• Kolonia Emma in Radlin – modernist estate of the nineteenth century designed as a "garden city"^[7]

Notable people

• Bolesław Kominek (1903–1974), Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Leszek Blanik (born 1977), gymnast, World and Olympic champion

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland. Radlin is twinned with:^[8]

• Genthin, Germany
• Mohelnice, Czech Republic
• Rohatyn, Ukraine

Notes and References

1. Web site: Population. Size and structure and vital statistics in Poland by territorial division in 2019. As of 30th June. stat.gov.pl. Statistics Poland. 2019-10-15. 2020-03-19.
2. Web site: Radlin.pl / Historia. miasto.radlin.pl. pl-PL. 2017-02-07.
3. Web site: KS Górnik Radlin » o_klubie. KS Górnik Radlin. pl. 2019-07-17.
4. Web site: Historia – Klub Gimnastyczny Radlin. kg.radlin.pl. 2019-07-17.
5. Web site: Radlińscy olimpijczycy – Miejski Ośrodek Sportu i Rekreacji w Radlinie. pl-PL. 2019-07-17.
6. Web site: Tężnia solankowa w Radlinie. www.teznia.radlin.pl. pl-PL. 2017-02-10.
7. Web site: Kolonia Emma w Radlinie. Kolonia Emma w Radlinie. pl-PL. 2017-02-10.
8. Web site: Miasta partnerskie. miasto.radlin.pl. Radlin. pl. 2021-03-02.