Editing Dąbrowa Górnicza (section)

===Recent history===
Together with all of [[Zagłębie Dąbrowskie]], the city was transferred to [[Katowice Voivodeship]] after [[World War II]], in 1945.
 
In 1968, the local church of Saint Mary of the Angels was visited by the [[Primate of Poland]] [[Stefan Wyszyński]] and [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinal]] Karol Wojtyła (future [[Pope John Paul II]]).<ref name=dpl>{{cite web |url=http://www.dabrowa.pl/dg_religia_koscioly_dg_bazylika-matki-boskiej-anielskiej.htm|title=BAZYLIKA Matki Boskiej Anielskiej |website=dabrowa.pl |accessdate=15 May 2021 |language=pl}}</ref>

The 1970s saw the construction of the [[Katowice Steelworks]], which is nowadays the biggest steel producing plant in Poland, after [[privatization]] owned by [[ArcelorMittal]]. In the 1970s the town expanded territorially and economically. In 1975 and 1977 the neighboring localities of [[Strzemieszyce Małe]], [[Strzemieszyce Wielkie]], [[Ząbkowice Śląskie|Ząbkowice]] and others became suburbanized. The population of Dąbrowa Górnicza reached its peak in 1982 with 152,373 inhabitants. In 1984, the neighboring settlements of Marianki and [[Ratanice]] were included within the city limits of Dąbrowa Górnicza as new districts.<ref>{{Cite Polish law |title=Rozporządzenie Ministra Administracji i Gospodarki Przestrzennej z dnia 3 marca 1984 r. w sprawie zmiany granic niektórych miast w województwach: katowickim, kieleckim, legnickim, radomskim i wrocławskim. |year=1984 |volume=14 |number=64}}</ref> From 1975 to 1998, it was administratively located in the [[Katowice Voivodeship]].

In the 1990s, all local coal mines were closed, because of lack of coal. The oldest part of the town Reden still exists. In 1993, the neighboring settlement of [[Trzebiesławice, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship|Trzebiesławice]] was also included within the city limits as a new district.<ref>{{Cite Polish law |title=Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 19 grudnia 1992 r. w sprawie utworzenia, zmiany granic i ustalenia siedzib gmin w niektórych województwach oraz nadania gminie statusu miasta. |year=1992 |volume=100 |number=500}}</ref>