Dąbrówka Mała

Coordinates: 50°16′37″N 19°04′51″E / 50.27694°N 19.08083°E / 50.27694; 19.08083Country PolandVoivodeshipSilesianCounty/CityKatowiceArea • Total3.68 km² (1.42 sq mi)Population • Total5,411 • Density1,500/km² (3,800/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Area code(+48) 032Vehicle registrationSKPrimary airportKatowice Airport

Dąbrówka Mała (German: Kleindombrowka, Eichenau) is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 3.68 km² and in 2007 had 5,411 inhabitants.^[1]

During the German occupation (World War II), on April 3–4, 1940, the German police committed a massacre of 40 Poles from Katowice in Dąbrówka Mała (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).^[2] The occupiers also operated a Polenlager forced labour camp for Poles in Dąbrówka Mała.^[3]

Sights

Landmarks of Dąbrówka Mała include the Saint Anthony church and the former Dąbrówka Mała Gmina Office (now a healthcare center). There are two parks in the district: Park w Dąbrówce and Park Zielony Zakątek. At Plac Żołnierzy Września, the district's main square, there is a monument dedicated to Poles massacred by the Germans in Dąbrówka Mała on April 3–4, 1940.

Gallery

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  Saint Anthony church
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  Former gmina office
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  Monument to Poles massacred in 1940
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  Old tenement houses
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  Park Zielony Zakątek

References

I. Central DistrictII. Northern DistrictIII. Western DistrictIV. Eastern DistrictV. Southern District