Katowice

Country

Poland

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

• Ludomir Różycki (1883–1953), died in Katowice
• Bolesław Szabelski (1896–1979), died in Katowice
• Kurt Schwaen (1909–2007), was born in Katowice
• Wojciech Kilar (1932–2013), died in Katowice
• Henryk Górecki (1933–2010), died in Katowice