Mikołów poviat - poviat in Polandin the central part of the Silesian Voivodeship, located directly in between Rybnik Coal District, a Upper Silesian Industrial District. The city is the seat of the poviat authorities Mikołów.
There are six towns in the Mikołów County.
The Mikołów County is inhabited by nearly 97,000 people, which makes it the twelfth most populous county in the Silesian Province. The area is 233.06 km², which makes the Mikołów poviat 3 the smallest poviat in the voivodship.
Position
The Mikołów County is located in the south-west Poland on the border of the Silesian-Kraków Upland and the Oświęcim Basin. Administratively located in the central part of the Silesian Voivodeship and Upper Silesian Industrial District (GOP).
Historically, the area of the poviat is located in Upper Silesia.
The poviat is adjacent to cities with poviat rights:
- Katowice
- Ruda Slaska
- Tychy
- Żory
and poviats:
- Gliwice, Pszczyna, Rybnik
An administrative division
The poviat consists of:
Cities
- towns: Łaziska Górne, Mikołów, Orzesze
Municipalities
- rural communes: Ornontowice, Wyry
History
The localities of the present poviat were located in the Pszczyna poviat until 1954, and then in the Tychy poviat until 1975 (with the exception of Ornontowicewhich in 1960 was incorporated into the Rybnik poviat).
In 1990, as a result of the administrative reform, all towns of the poviat were included in the Śląskie Voivodeship, thus ending the existence of the Katowice Voivodeship.
Monuments and attractions
Laziska Gorne: the parish church, the Power Engineering Museum in Łaziska, the town hall from 1927, the combat bunker in the "Wierzysko" forest, bunkers on the St. Jana, Huta Łaziska S.A., "Skalny" mine heap
Mikołów: the historic urban layout (old town), "White House" - the villa of the manufacturer Wilhelm Koetz, the wooden Church of Saints Ap. Peter and Paul, Basilica of St. st. Adalbert, the wooden Church of St. Nicholas, the new Jewish cemetery, the former palace park in Mikołów-Mokre, the Silesian Botanical Garden, the building of the railway station
Ornontowice: Hegenscheidt Palace in Ornontowice, Natural Monument "Oaks Ornontowickie", church in Ornontowice, Regional Chamber in CKiP
Orzesze: Palace in Orzesze-Zawiść, Church of Saint Lawrence, Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the former water tower at the railway station, the manor house in Gardawice, the grave of the town's inhabitants in Orzesze-Jaśkowice, Evangelical church, Town Square
Wyry Commune: Monument to the Battle of Wyrska, church in Wyry, combat bunker in Wyry, parish church in Gostyń, "Sowiniec" combat bunker in Gostyń, "Wici" pond
The parish church in Łaziska Górne
Town hall in Mikołów
Church of St. Peter and Paul in Mikołów
Hegenscheidt Palace in Ornontowice
Palace in Orzesz-Gardawice
The church in Orzesze-Woszczyce
Monument to the Battle of Wyrska
Tourism
Tourist routes
The main tourist routes running through the district include:
- Upper Silesian Mining History Trail
- Circular Trail Around Gliwice
- Trail of the Heroes of the Parachute Tower
- The GOP Edge Trail
- The Trail of the Defenders of the Polish Border
In Mikołów, you can find two wooden churches, both of which are listed on the Wooden Architecture Trail.
In addition to hiking trails, there are several hundred kilometers of bicycle paths of various difficulty levels in the district. Most of them are located in Mikołów, Orzesze and Ornontowice, and in other towns there are from several to several kilometers in total.