Editing Katowice (section)

=== Late 19th/early 20th century ===
Unlike most other large Polish cities, Katowice did not originate as a medieval town, therefore it does not have an old town with a street layout and architectural styles characteristic to cities founded on [[Magdeburg rights]]. Katowice's urban layout is a result of expansion and annexation of various towns, industrial worker estates, and villages.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Szczypka-Gwiazda |first=Barbara |title=Urbanistyka, architektura, sztuka i nurty życia artystycznego. W: Katowice. Środowisko, dzieje, kultura, język i społeczeństwo. |publisher=Muzeum Historii Katowic |year=2012 |isbn=978-83-87727-29-1 |location=Katowice |pages=13–94}}</ref> 

Katowice city centre has an axis design, along the main railway line, developed by an industrialist Friedrich Grundman in mid-19th century.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Adamczyk|first=S.|title=Katowice – Informator|publisher=Urząd Miasta w Katowicach|year=1993|isbn=|location=Katowice|pages=11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Szaraniec|first=Lech|title=Górny Śląsk – Przewodnik|publisher=Muza|year=1997|isbn=83-7079-875-6|location=Warszawa|pages=55}}</ref> Most of the city centre in Katowice developed in late 19th and early 20th century, when it was part of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] and had a German-speaking majority. As a result, architectural styles of that era are similar to those in other Prussian cities such as [[Berlin]] or [[Wrocław]] (then Breslau); primarily [[Renaissance Revival architecture|renaissance revival]] and [[Baroque Revival architecture|baroque revival]], with some buildings in [[Gothic Revival architecture|gothic revival]], [[Romanesque Revival architecture|romanesque revival]], and [[Art Nouveau|art nouveau]] styles.<ref name=":0" />