Wełnowiec Józefowiec

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Country Poland County/City Katowice Area code(s) (+48) 032 Population 15,924 (2007)		Voivodeship Silesian Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area 3.15 km²

Wełnowiec-Józefowiec (German: Hohenlohehütte-Josephsdorf) is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 3.15 km² and in 2007 had 15.924 inhabitants.

Map of We%C5%82nowiec, Katowice, Poland

The district consists of two historical settlements:

Wełnowiec (German: Hohenlohehütte), first mentioned in the 17th century, initially a hamlet of Bogucice; before 1922 also known as Hohenlohehütte, after a local steel mill;

Józefowiec (German: Josephsdorf), established in 1826 by rev. Józef Beder, a Catholic priest from Chorzów;

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Wełnowiec-Józefowiec Wikipedia

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