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the free encyclopedia of Zagłębie Dąbrowskie – English edition

Zagłębie Dąbrowskie (the Dąbrowa Basin) is a historical region in southern Poland, in the eastern part of today's Silesian Voivodeship, between the Przemsza and Brynica rivers. Its main towns are Sosnowiec, Dąbrowa Górnicza, Będzin, Czeladź. Coal mining, followed by steel, zinc and textile industries, made it one of the industrial centres of the Kingdom of Poland – a borderland where the Russian, Prussian and Austrian empires met at the Three Emperors' Corner^PL. Before the Second World War Zagłębie was also home to a large Jewish community^PL, almost entirely murdered in the Holocaust^PL.

This English edition has just started (articles so far: 10). Links marked ^PL lead to the Polish edition, which has more than 12,000 articles.

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Three Emperors' Corner^PL

Coal mining in Sosnowiec^PL

Schoen Palace – Sosnowiec Museum^PL

Jan Kiepura^PL

Władysław Szpilman^PL

Będzin Castle^PL

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Topics

Jewish heritage – Jews in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie^PL · Jews in Sosnowiec^PL · The Holocaust in Zagłębie^PL · Środula Ghetto^PL · Synagogues and prayer houses in Sosnowiec^PL · Jewish cemetery in Sosnowiec-Pogoń^PL · photos

Industrial heritage – Coal mining in Sosnowiec^PL · Industry in Sosnowiec^PL · Bankowa Steelworks (Dąbrowa Górnicza)^PL · Niwka-Modrzejów Coal Mine (Sosnowiec)^PL · photos

History – History of Zagłębie Dąbrowskie^PL · Borders of Zagłębie Dąbrowskie^PL · Zagłębie–Silesia border^PL · Three Emperors' Corner^PL · photos

Landmarks – Będzin Castle^PL · Sielecki Castle in Sosnowiec^PL · Schoen Palace – Sosnowiec Museum^PL · Sosnowiec Główny railway station^PL · photos

People – Jan Kiepura^PL · Władysław Szpilman^PL · Edward Gierek^PL · photos

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• Request an account – one account works in all editions of WikiZagłębie, in Foto and in Dane.
• Translate an article from the Polish edition – start with the list on Wikizaglebie:Translation priorities.
• Add photos of the region to Foto WikiZagłębie.
• Improve data about places, people and buildings in Dane WikiZagłębie.

Sister projects

• WikiZagłębie (Polish) – the main encyclopedia, 12,000+ articles
• Foto WikiZagłębie – photo archive of the region: towns, themes, then and now
• Dane WikiZagłębie – structured data about places, people and objects

About the project

WikiZagłębie was created in 2011 within the project Poznajemy Zagłębie Dąbrowskie (Getting to know Zagłębie Dąbrowskie) by the association Forum dla Zagłębia Dąbrowskiego (association)^PL, with funding from the Polish History Museum (Patriotyzm Jutra programme). It is developed by volunteers and enthusiasts of the region.

Partners: Sosnowiec City Museum · Saturn Museum in Czeladź · Sztygarka City Museum in Dąbrowa Górnicza · Zagłębie Museum in Będzin · National Digital Archives (NAC)