Gliwice
Sign in to saveGliwice (; , Czech: Hlivice; ) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder).
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Gliwice is a city in southern Poland's Upper Silesia region, situated in the Silesian Highlands along the Kłodnica river. The city's location in this historic industrial region of Poland makes it a notable settlement in the area.
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- Etymology
- History
- Early history
- Early Modern Age
- Industrialization
- 20th century
- Demographics
- Population development
- Nationality, ethnicity and language
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- Jews in Gliwice
- Sights and architecture
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- Bytom/Gliwice/Zabrze constituency
- Notable people
- International relations
- Consulates
- Twin towns – sister cities
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Gliwice (; , Czech: Hlivice; ) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder).
Gliwice is the westernmost city of the Metropolis GZM, a conurbation of 2.0 million people, and is the third-largest city of this area, with 175,102 permanent residents as of 2021. It also lies within the larger Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area which has a population of about 5.3 million people and spans across most of eastern Upper Silesia, western Lesser Poland and the Moravian-Silesian Region in the Czech Republic. Gliwice is bordered by three other cities and towns of the metropolitan area: Zabrze, Knurów and Pyskowice. It is one of the major college towns in Poland, thanks to the Silesian University of Technology, which was founded in 1945 by academics of Lwów University of Technology. Over 20,000 people study in Gliwice. Gliwice is an important industrial center of Poland. Following an economic transformation in the 1990s, Gliwice shifted from steelworks and coal mining to automotive and machine industry.