Nikiszowiec or Nikischau or Nikischenwald is a historical part of Katowice (Kattowitz) - workers estate built in the village Janow for miners, named after the pit-shaft “Nickisch” (after Kurt Nickisch) one of 14 pit-shafts of coal mine “Giesche”. Designed by Emil and Georg Zillmann from Charlottenburg.
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The yard of the one of the quarters of estate/settlement Nikiszowiec. Yards are wide and long enough for playgrounds and for rest among the trees and plants, and bright - important for the coal miners. Nikiszowiec or Nikischau or Nikischenwald is a historical part of Katowice (Kattowitz) - workers estate built in the village Janow for miners, named after the pit-shaft “Nickisch” (after Kurt Nickisch) one of 14 pit-shafts of coal mine “Giesche”. Designed by Emil and Georg Zillmann from Charlottenburg.
architecture black and white cities and towns Katowice Kattowitz Nikischau Nikisz Nikiszowiec Poland Schlesien Silesia SlaskGate to the yard of the one of the quarters of estate/settlement Nikiszowiec. Yards are wide and long enough for playgrounds and for rest among the trees and plants, and bright - important for the coal miners. Nikiszowiec or Nikischau or Nikischenwald is a historical part of Katowice (Kattowitz) - workers estate built in the village Janow for miners, named after the pit-shaft “Nickisch” (after Kurt Nickisch) one of 14 pit-shafts of coal mine “Giesche”. Designed by Emil and Georg Zillmann from Charlottenburg.
architecture black and white cities and towns Katowice Kattowitz Nikischau Nikisz Nikiszowiec Poland Schlesien Silesia SlaskA historical part of Katowice (Kattowitz) - workers estate built in the village Janow for miners, named after the pit-shaft “Nickisch” (after Kurt Nickisch) one of 14 pit-shafts of coal mine “Giesche”. Designed by Emil and Georg Zillmann from Charlottenburg. Place of many strikes of miners against their employer - owners of mine “Giesche” and one of the battlefields of three Silesian Uprisings of the Poles against Germans (Silesia used to be a mixture of ethnics - mostly Polish and Germans - both wanted those lands to be part of their country, in the time of nationalistic ideas that brought many troubles). More to read soon on MacKozer.com Camera: Samsung GX10













