Będzin

Będzin is a county town in , southern , in the Zagłębie Dąbrowskie region, on the Czarna Przemsza river. It is part of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis and lies between , , , Wojkowice and Psary.
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  • Type: Town with 55,700 residents
  • Description: city and urban gmina in the Dąbrowa Basin (the Lesser Poland part of the Silesian Voivodeship), Poland
  • Also known as: “Bendin”, “Bendsburg”, and “Bendzin”
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Będzin Castle and Będzin.

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The is a castle in Będzin in southern . The stone castle dates to the 14th century, and is predated by a wooden fortification that was erected in the 11th century.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Museum
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is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Czeladź and Sosnowiec.

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is a town in , southern , in Zagłębie Dąbrowskie, on the Brynica River. It is part of the Górnośląsko-Zagłębiowska Metropolis and lies between Będzin, , , Siemianowice Śląskie and Wojkowice.

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is a city in the of southern Poland, in the historic Dąbrowa Basin, about 10 km east of . It has about 186,000 residents and forms part of the Metropolis GZM, the large urban area of Katowice and neighbouring cities.

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is a city in the of southern Poland. Standing 300 m above sea level, it's post-industrial, with a population of 117,000 in 2021.

Będzin

Latitude
50.3231° or 50° 19′ 23″ north
Longitude
19.1322° or 19° 7′ 56″ east
Population
55,700
Elevation
255 metres (837 feet)
United Nations Location Code
PL PBD
Open location code
9F2X84FJ+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31902942
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3103719
Wiki­data ID
Q461513
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Będzin” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بنجن”
  • Aragonese: “Będzin”
  • Armenian: “Բենձին”
  • Bashkir: “Бендзин”
  • Basque: “Będzin”
  • Belarusian: “Бэндзін”
  • Bulgarian: “Бенджин”
  • Catalan: “Będzin”
  • Catalan: “Bendsburg”
  • Catalan: “Bendzin”
  • Cebuano: “Będzin”
  • Chechen: “Бендзин”
  • Chinese: “Będzin”
  • Chinese: “本津”
  • Czech: “Będzin”
  • Danish: “Będzin”
  • Dutch: “Bedzin”
  • Dutch: “Będzin”
  • Dutch: “Bendsburg”
  • Dutch: “Bendzin”
  • Esperanto: “Bedzin”
  • Esperanto: “Będzin”
  • Esperanto: “Bendsburg”
  • Esperanto: “Bendzin”
  • Estonian: “Będzin”
  • Estonian: “Bendsburg”
  • Estonian: “Bendzin”
  • French: “Bedzin”
  • French: “Będzin”
  • French: “Bendsburg”
  • French: “Bendzin”
  • German: “Bedzin”
  • German: “Będzin”
  • German: “Bendsburg”
  • German: “Bendzin”
  • Greek: “Μπέντζιν”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Będzin”
  • Hebrew: “בדז’ין”
  • Hebrew: “בדזין”
  • Hebrew: “בנדין”
  • Hebrew: “בענדין”
  • Hindi: “बेंजिन”
  • Hungarian: “Będzin”
  • Indonesian: “Będzin”
  • Italian: “Bedzin”
  • Italian: “Będzin”
  • Italian: “Bendsburg”
  • Italian: “Bendzin”
  • Japanese: “ベンジン（ポーランド）”
  • Japanese: “ベンジン”
  • Javanese: “Będzin”
  • Korean: “벵진”
  • Latvian: “Bedzin”
  • Latvian: “Będzin”
  • Latvian: “Bendsburg”
  • Latvian: “Bendzin”
  • Latvian: “Bendzina”
  • Latvian: “Beņdzina”
  • Lithuanian: “Bendsburg”
  • Lithuanian: “Bendzin”
  • Lithuanian: “Bendzinas”
  • Macedonian: “Бенѓин”
  • Malay: “Będzin”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Będzin”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Będzin”
  • Persian: “بنجن”
  • Polish: “Będzin”
  • Polish: “Bendsburg”
  • Polish: “Bendzin”
  • Portuguese: “Będzin”
  • Portuguese: “Bendsburg”
  • Portuguese: “Bendzin”
  • Romanian: “Bedzin”
  • Romanian: “Będzin”
  • Russian: “Бендзин”
  • Russian: “Бендин”
  • Serbian: “Będzin”
  • Serbian: “Benđin”
  • Serbian: “Бендзин”
  • Serbian: “Бенђин”
  • Sicilian: “Będzin”
  • Silesian: “Byndźin”
  • Silesian: “Byńdźin”
  • Slovak: “Będzin”
  • Southern Sotho: “Będzin”
  • Spanish: “Bedzin”
  • Spanish: “Będzin”
  • Spanish: “Bendsburg”
  • Spanish: “Bendzin”
  • Swedish: “Będzin”
  • Swedish: “Bendsburg”
  • Swedish: “Bendzin”
  • Tatar: “Бендзин”
  • Tatar: “Бенҗин”
  • Thai: “แบนจิน”
  • Turkish: “Będzin”
  • Udmurt: “Бенӟин”
  • Ukrainian: “Бендзин”
  • Ukrainian: “Бендзін”
  • Urdu: “بیندزین”
  • Uzbek: “Bendzin”
  • Vietnamese: “Będzin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Będzin”
  • Yiddish: “Bendin”
  • Yiddish: “בענדין”
  • “Będzin”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mizrachi Synagogue in Będzin and Plac 3 Maja Będzin.

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