Польшаның Сілезия қаласы Кнурув тарихы

the town in Silesia

Knurów (; Knurow; ) is a city near Katowice in Silesia, southern Poland. Knurów is an outer city of the Metropolis GZM, a metropolis with a population of two million. Knurów is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Bierawka River, a tributary of the Oder River.

Knurów's history as a city is relatively short, as it only became a town in 1951, when also the settlements of Krywałd and pl were included within its town limits as districts. However, Knurów's existence can be traced back as far back as ca. 1295–1305, when it was mentioned in the Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis chronicle, and was part of Piast ruled Poland. It was then mentioned as Knauersdorf or Cnurowicz, and later on mostly appeared in documents under its current name. Later on, it was also part of Bohemia (Czechia), Prussia and Germany. Throughout centuries, Knurów was a private village, and among its owners were the Goszycki, Węgierski and Paczyński families. The town rapidly grew at the end of the 18th century as the Industrial Revolution came and vast coal reserves were found in the area. In the late 19th century, the settlement had a population of 776. In 1904, the first mine shaft was opened, and in 1908 1909 a railway line connecting Knurów with Rybnik was built. During the subsequent German occupation, the occupiers established and operated two forced labour subcamps (E75, E758) of the Stalag VIII B/344 prisoner of war camp in the town. A unit of the Home Army, the leading Polish resistance organization, was founded in Knurów in 1942. Several new schools were opened between 1964 and 1991, and new Catholic parishes were established in 1977–1983. The population of the town is 38,310 (2019).

Administratively Knurów has been part of the Silesian Voivodeship since the latter's formation in 1999; previously it was part of Katowice Voivodeship.

The town is usually associated with coal mining, as it lies in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin.