Podlesie, Katowice

Podlesie
Katowice District
General view
Location of Podlesie within Katowice
Coordinates: 50°10′36.82″N 18°58′9.18″E / 50.1768944°N 18.9692167°ECoordinates: 50°10′36.82″N 18°58′9.18″E / 50.1768944°N 18.9692167°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County/City	Katowice
Area
• Total	8.28 km^2 (3.20 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Total	5,240
• Density	630/km^2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Area code(s)	(+48) 032

Podlesie (German: Podleshe) is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 8.28 km² and in 2007 had 5,240 inhabitants.^[1]

History

The oldest settlement in the area of what are now the districts Piotrowice, Podlesie and Zarzecze was Uniczowy, a village that existed already in the 12th century. In the 15th century Uniczowy began to crumble into three distinct parts. Podlesie was first mentioned in 1468 as Uniczowy-Podlesie.

During the political upheaval caused by Matthias Corvinus the land around Pszczyna was overtaken by Casimir II, Duke of Cieszyn, who sold it in 1517 to the Hungarian magnates of the Thurzó family, forming the Pless state country. In the accompanying sales document issued on 21 February 1517 the village was mentioned as Podlesy Vnicziowy.^[2] The Kingdom of Bohemia in 1526 became part of the Habsburg Monarchy. In the War of the Austrian Succession most of Silesia was conquered by the Kingdom of Prussia, including the village.

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  Saint Mary of Częstochowa church, built in 1920

References

1. Urząd Miasta Katowice. "Katowice - Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego" (PDF) (in Polish). Retrieved 2011-06-16.
2. Musioł, Ludwik (1930). "Dokument sprzedaży księstwa pszczyńskiego z dn. 21. lutego 1517 R.". Roczniki Towarzystwa Przyjaciół Nauk na Śląsku (Katowice: nakł. Towarzystwa ; Drukiem K. Miarki) R. 2: 235–237. Retrieved 12 September 2014.