Drapacz Chmur
Drapacz Chmur is a historical building in Katowice, Silesia, Poland. It was the second skyscraper built in post-World War I Poland. Finished in 1934 after five years of construction, it made pioneering Polish use of steel frame construction.Photo: Lestath, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: building in Katowice
- Address: Franciszka Żwirki i Stanisława Wigury 15, Katowice, 40-063
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Garrison Church of St Casimir and Katowice railway station.
Katowice railway station
Railway station
Photo: MacQtosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Katowice railway station is a railway station in Katowice, Silesia, Poland, and the largest railway station in the Upper Silesian Industrial Region. Domestic and international trains connect at the station to most major cities in Europe; these are operated primarily by Polskie Koleje Państwowe. Katowice railway station is situated 420 metres northeast of Drapacz Chmur.
Katowice Remand Center
Prison
Photo: Gower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Katowice Remand Center is a prison, which is situated 180 metres north of Drapacz Chmur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Śródmieście and Osiedle Paderewskiego.
Śródmieście
Suburb
Photo: MOs810, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Śródmieście is the central district of the city of Katowice in southern Poland. It is located in a complex of downtown districts, between Dąb, Koszutka, Bogucice, Zawodzie, Osiedle Paderewskiego-Muchowiec, Brynów-Osiedle Zgrzebnioka, and Załęże, on the Rawa river.
Drapacz Chmur
- Categories: multifamily residential, architectural heritage monument, building, and tourism
- Location: Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.25438° or 50° 15′ 16″ northLongitude
19.01417° or 19° 0′ 51″ eastOpen location code
9F2X7237+QMOpenStreetMap ID
way 191557438OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1255821
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Drapacz Chmur” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Drapacz Chmur”
- Esperanto: “Ĉielskrapanto”
- German: “Drapacz Chmur”
- Polish: “Drapacz Chmur”
- Polish: “Gmach Urzędu Skarbowego w Katowicach”
- Polish: “Wieżowiec przy ul. Żwirki i Wigury w Katowicach”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pierwszy Urząd Skarbowy and Katowice Kopernika Dworzec.
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