Chorzów[ˈxɔʐuf] is a city in Silesia (coordinates: 50°18′N 18°57′E), southern Poland with around 114,680 (2006) inhabitants and an area of 33.5 km². Chorzów is situated on the Rawa river on the Silesian Highland in the heart of the Upper Silesian Industrial Area, 7 km north-west of Katowice. Chorzów is in the middle of Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, the largest legally-recognized urban entity in Poland with a population of 2.2 mln. The population of the urban area in the conurbation around Chorzów is about 3.5 million. (From Wikipedia.)
It isn't a fortress.
It's "Elisabeth Pit-Shaft" -- part of the coal mine from the years 1913-1914 (project by Tschentscher).
It's a beauty! Not what comes to mind when thinking of a coal mine.
ReplyDeleteI would never have guessed this is a coal mine!
ReplyDeleteWow! Przepiękna, jak z bajki:) Wspaniałe zdjęcia!
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