Kattowitz

Country

German Empire

Coordinates

50.2500, 19.0000

History

• Kattowitz (–1918), German Empire
• Kattowitz (1918–1922), Weimar Republic
• Katowice (1922–1939), Second Polish Republic
• Katowice (1939–1952)
• Katowice (1952–1953), Polish People's Republic
• Stalinogród (1953–1956), Polish People's Republic
• Katowice (1956–1989), Polish People's Republic
• Katowice (1989–1990)
• Katowice (1990–), Poland

Composers

• Grzegorz Fitelberg (1879–1953), died in Stalinogród
• Ludomir Różycki (1883–1953), died in Stalinogród
• Bolesław Szabelski (1896–1979), died in Katowice
• Bolesław Woytowicz (1899–1980), died in Katowice
• Władysława Markiewiczówna (1900–1982), died in Katowice
• Kurt Schwaen (1909–2007), was born in Kattowitz
• Wojciech Kilar (1932–2013), died in Katowice
• Henryk Górecki (1933–2010), died in Katowice
• Edward Bogusławski (1940–2003), died in Katowice
• Aleksander Glinkowski (1941–1991), died in Katowice
• Mikołaj Górecki (1971–), was born in Katowice