1842 Meyer print Königshütte Królewska Huta Chorzów, Poland (#31)

Nice print titled Die Königshütte in Schlesien, from steel engraving with fine detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring, approx. image size is 10.5 x 14.5 cm. Print was published in Germany in Meyer's Universum by Bibliographic Institute Hildburghausen.

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Chorzów,

city in the centre of the Zaglebie Górnoshlaskie (Upper Silesian Basin) agglomeration in Katowice województwo (province), southwestern Poland. It existed as early as 1136, fell under control of several central European powers, and in 1790 became one of Shlask's (Silesia's) first coal-mining centres. In 1864 it was granted municipal rights. In 1934 old Chorzów combined with four neighbouring villages as one community. The city is located on the Kraków-Wroclaw rail line and contains the Koshciuszko Iron and Steel Works. Founded in 1802, the Koshciuszko Works is the largest industrial concern in Shlask, and concentrates on mining and metallurgical works. Chorzów was once mainly German-speaking, but the expulsion of these citizens and the immigration of Poles left the population wholly Polish-speaking soon after 1945. The city contains a historical and ethnographic museum.

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