Bytom

Bytom
/bi"tawm/, n.
a city in S Poland. 234,000. German, Beuthen.

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Poland

      city, Śląskie województwo (province), southern Poland. It is one of the oldest and largest industrial cities in the Upper Silesia coal region.

      Bytom's origins were in the 11th century under the rule of King Bolesław I (the Brave). In the 12th century, lead and silver mines provided its earliest economic base. The town was held by Silesia in the 12th century, and for several centuries it was under various central European powers. Passing to Germany in the mid-18th century, it had the only Polish gymnasium (secondary school) in Germany and later was a centre for the World War II Polish underground.

      After the war Bytom became a centre for heavy industry, with an integrated iron and steel works, and for the mining of coal, zinc, lead, and silver. Heavy industry fell into decline in the last decade of the 20th century. The city is the site of the Upper Silesian Museum and Silesian Opera. Pop. (2002) 193,546.

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