Saturday 13 June 2009

Steelworks Batory Headquaters

The Steelworks Batory Headquaters in Chorzów Batory. (Well, some Poles are surprised by name 'Chorzów Batory'. In fact, it is a part of today's Chorzów, but it was incorporated into Chorzów just in 1939. Formerly, it was independent village Wielkie Hajduki. The new name comes from the steelworks and the worker's settlement. But the name of the steelworks isn't initial. The initial name was Bismarckhütte. Otto von Bismarck was a great politician, but he didn't like Poles (and vice versa) -- so, when Chorzów become a part of Poland (1922) the name of the steelwork was changed into Batory, to commemorate polish king Stefan Batory (1533-1586).)

5 comments:

  1. What a lovely Building !! Great Photograph ,very nicely captured..This Is well Informative..Great Post..Also I Have Started My Own Website And Would Like You To Have A Look At It.I Would Love To Have Your Comments On That Also.Unseen Rajasthan

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  2. Ciekawa historia. Nie znałam. Oj wstyd Fio, wstyd...

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  3. I ja nie wiedziałam.. Za to czytałam wczoraj książkę Iwaszkiewicza "Podróże do Polski" i tam spory rozdział o Chorzowie jest, z lat 20-tych bodaj lub 30-tych. Raczej w formie malarskich impresji i wrażeń - ale ciekawe. Całą zresztą książkę polecam :)

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  4. It is a beautiful building. It reflects the architectural style of the area a lot.

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  5. Just catching up on a couple of weeks worth of blog posts after returning from a long trip across country. Yours are great as usual! An impressive building!

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