Editing Chorzów (section)

===Village of Chorzów===
[[File:Chorzow Stary Jana.jpg|thumb|left|Chorzow Stary]]
In the 12th century, the [[castellan]]y of [[Bytom]], including the Chorzów area, belonged to the [[Seniorate Province]] (Kraków Duchy) of Poland. In 1179 it was awarded by Duke [[Casimir II the Just|Casimir the Just]] to the Duke of [[Opole]], and since that time the history of Chorzów has been connected to the history of [[Upper Silesia]] ([[Duchy of Opole]]).{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

The oldest part of the city, the village of Chorzów, today called ''[[Chorzów Stary]]'', belonged since 1257 to the [[Order of the Holy Sepulchre|Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem]]. Already at that time silver and lead ores were mined nearby, later also the ores of iron. There is more documentation for 16th century developments.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

From 1327, the Upper Silesian duchies were ruled by the dukes of the [[Piast dynasty]] and were subject to [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemian]] overlordship. The [[Crown of Bohemia]] elected Polish-Lithuanian [[Jagiellon dynasty|Jagiellon]]s kings from 1471 and Austrian [[House of Habsburg|Habsburg]]s kings after 1526. In 1742, the area was conquered by the Prussian [[House of Hohenzollern|Hohenzollern]]s in [[Silesian Wars]], setting the stage for the Prussian industrial might. The Prussian and then German period lasted for about 180 years and overlapped with the time of rapid industrialization.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}