Sucha Góra, Bytom Explained

Sucha Góra
Settlement Type:Bytom District
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Poland
Subdivision Type1:Voivodeship
Subdivision Name1:Silesian
Subdivision Type2:County/City
Subdivision Name2:Bytom
Parts Style:para
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:5,07
Population Total:3700
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:41-935

Sucha Góra (German: Trockenberg, see also other names) is the northernmost district of Bytom, Poland (from 1975; formerly a district of Radzionków and prior to that its own municipality).

History

Sucha Góra was established as a mining colony[1] of Piekary Rudne (Now a part of Tarnowskie Góry) in 1778. Calamine and Dolomite were mined in Sucha Góra.[1]

In 1922, Sucha Góra became a part of Poland following the Upper Silesian Plebiscite, in which 696 people voted to join Poland in Sucha Góra and 116 people voted to remain within Germany.[2]

From 1972 to 1975, Sucha Góra was a district of Radzionków. In 1975 Sucha Góra became a district of Bytom.

Etymology and other names

Sucha Góra means "dry mountain" in Polish.
The town is known as "Trockenberg" in German and as "Trockenbarg" in Silesian German.

In the Alphabetical List of Settlements in Silesia given out in 1830 by Johann Georg published in Breslau (Polish: Wrocław), Sucha Góra is listed in German as "Trockenberg" and in Polish as "Suchogóra".

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bytom – Sucha Góra. slaskiemiasta.pl.
  2. Wyniki plebiscytu na Górnym Śląsku. Dziewulski, Stefan. p. 55. http://polona.pl/item/67859822