| Official Name: | Szobiszowice |
| Settlement Type: | District of Gliwice |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
| Subdivision Type2: | City |
| Subdivision Name: | Poland |
| Subdivision Name1: | Silesia |
| Subdivision Name2: | Gliwice |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CET |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 50.3167°N 60°W |
| Registration Plate: | SG |
| Blank Name Sec2: | Primary airport |
| Blank Info Sec2: | Katowice Airport |
Szobiszowice is a neighborhood of the Polish city of Gliwice in Upper Silesia, located in the central part of the city.
The village was first mentioned in 1276 through the divestiture of its owner Graf Peter von Slaventaw, who sold the village to the new lord of Szobiszowice, Hermann. In the early 14th-century Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis it was mentioned under the Latinized name Novo Sobyssowitz. The name Szobiszowice is of Polish origin, and it probably comes from the name of its founder Sobiech.[1] The old Church of St. Bartholomew was built in this suburb of Gliwice in the 13th century and was a place of activity for the Knights Templar. Alike Gliwice, Szobiszowice was part of various duchies of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. In 1683 Polish troops led by King John III Sobieski stopped in the settlement before the Battle of Vienna.[1] The population in this area grew rapidly in the 18th and 19th centuries due to this area's industrialization.
The area was annexed by Prussia in the 18th-century, and became part of Germany in 1871. The communities of Szobiszowice (then officially Petersdorf) and Trynek were incorporated in the municipal area of Gliwice on April 1, 1897. Before this incorporation, Petersdorf was an area in the Landkreis Tost-Gleiwitz. As a neighborhood of Gleiwitz the area experienced further expansion. During World War II, the Germans established and operated a Polenlager forced labour camp for Poles in the district.[2]
In 1977, future Pope John Paul II delivered a sermon in the church of St. Bartholomew.[1] In February 2008 the eastern section of Szobiszowice became a new neighborhood known as Zatorze.
Szobiszowice contains the following landmarks:
Formerly in Szobiszowice, but moved to Zatorze due to the boundary shift.:
Other monuments have disappeared or became unidentifiable, such as the former castle and the Swedish column.