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Wełnowiec-Józefowiec
Katowice District
Wełnowiec-Józefowiec
Location of Wełnowiec-Józefowiec within Katowice
Coordinates: 50°16′48.575″N 19°01′13″E / 50.28015972°N 19.02028°E / 50.28015972; 19.02028
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County/City	Katowice
Area
• Total	3.15 km (1.22 sq mi)
Population
• Total	15,924
• Density	5,100/km (13,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Area code	(+48) 032

Wełnowiec-Józefowiec (German: Hohenlohehütte-Josephsdorf) is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 3.15 km and in 2007 had 15.924 inhabitants.

The district consists of two historical settlements:

• Wełnowiec (German: Hohenlohehütte), first mentioned in the 17th century, initially a hamlet of Bogucice; before 1922 also known as Hohenlohehütte, after a local steel mill;
• Józefowiec (German: Josephsdorf), established in 1826 by rev. Józef Beder, a Catholic priest from Chorzów;

• Hohenlohehütte in Wełnowiec, a picture from the 19th century
• St Joseph church in Józefowiec

References

1. Urząd Miasta Katowice. "Katowice - Studium uwarunkowań i kierunków zagospodarowania przestrzennego" (PDF) (in Polish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2011-06-16.

v t e Districts of Katowice
I. Central District	1. Śródmieście 2. Koszutka 3. Bogucice 4. Osiedle Paderewskiego – Muchowiec
II. Northern District	5. Załęże 6. Osiedle Witosa 7. Osiedle Tysiąclecia 8. Dąb 9. Wełnowiec-Józefowiec
III. Western District	10. Ligota-Panewniki 11. Brynów - Osiedle Zgrzebnioka 12. Brynów - Załęska Hałda
IV. Eastern District	13. Zawodzie 14. Dąbrówka Mała 15. Szopienice-Burowiec 16. Janów-Nikiszowiec 17. Giszowiec
V. Southern District	18. Murcki 19. Piotrowice-Ochojec 20. Zarzecze 21. Kostuchna 22. Podlesie

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