Editing Katowice (section)

===Postwar period===
The postwar period of Katowice was characterised by the time of heavy industry development in the Upper Silesian region, which helped the city in regaining its status as the most industrialised Polish city and a major administrative centre. As the city developed so briskly, the 1950s marked a significant increase in its population and an influx of migrants from the [[Kresy|Eastern Borderlands]], the so-called ''Kresy''. The city area began to quickly expand by incorporating the neighbouring communes and counties. However, the thriving industrial city also had a dark period in its short but meaningful history. Most notably, between 7 March 1953 and 10 December 1956, Katowice was called ''Stalinogród'' in honour of [[Joseph Stalin]], leader of the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/artykul/3355309,katowice-zniknely-powstal-stalinogrod-to-juz-61-lat,id,t.html|title=Katowice zniknęły. Powstał Stalinogród. To już 61 lat|first=Zygmunt|last=Woźniczka|date=6 March 2014|access-date=15 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316025329/http://www.dziennikzachodni.pl/artykul/3355309,katowice-zniknely-powstal-stalinogrod-to-juz-61-lat,id,t.html|archive-date=16 March 2017}}</ref> The change was brought upon by an issued decree of the State Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historia.org.pl/2013/12/10/jak-katowice-stalinogrodem-sie-staly/|title=Jak Katowice Stalinogrodem się stały – HISTORIA.org.pl – historia, kultura, muzea, matura, rekonstrukcje i recenzje historyczne|date=10 December 2013|access-date=15 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402131142/http://historia.org.pl/2013/12/10/jak-katowice-stalinogrodem-sie-staly/|archive-date=2 April 2017}}</ref> The date of the alteration of the city name was neither a coincidence or accidental as it happened on the day of Stalin's death. In this way, the [[Polish United Workers' Party]] and the socialist authority wanted to pay tribute to the dictator. The new name [[De-Stalinization|never got accepted]] by the citizens and in 1956 the former Polish name was restored.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://niezalezna.pl/39174-jak-katowice-zamieniono-na-stalinogrod|title=Jak Katowice zamieniono na Stalinogród|access-date=15 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316025051/http://niezalezna.pl/39174-jak-katowice-zamieniono-na-stalinogrod|archive-date=16 March 2017}}</ref>

The following decades were more memorable in the history of Katowice. Regardless of its industrial significance, it started to become an important cultural and educational centre in Central and Eastern Europe. In 1968, the [[University of Silesia in Katowice]], the largest and most valued college in the area, was founded. Simultaneously the construction of large housing estates began to evolve. Furthermore, many representative structures were erected at that time, including the [[Silesian Insurgents' Monument]] (1967) and [[Spodek]] (1971), which have become familiar landmarks and tourist sights. The 1960s and 1970s saw the evolution of [[Modern architecture|modernist architecture]] and [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalism]]. Katowice eventually developed into one of the most modernist post-war cities of Poland.[[File:MOs810 WG 23 2016 (Zaglebiowskie Zakamarki) (Katowice, 3 Maja).jpg|thumb|[[3 Maja Street, Katowice|3 Maja Street]] is one of the main promenades in the city]]

One of the most dramatic events in the history of the city occurred on 16 December 1981. It was then that 9 protesters died (7 were shot dead; 2 died from injury complications) and another 21 were [[Pacification of Wujek|wounded in the pacification of Wujek Coal Mine]]. The [[Milicja Obywatelska|Special Platoon of the Motorized Reserves of the Citizens' Militia]] (''ZOMO'') was responsible for the brutal handling of strikers protesting against [[Wojciech Jaruzelski]]'s declaration of [[Martial law in Poland|martial law]] and the arrest of [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity trade union]] officials. On the 10th anniversary of the event, a memorial was unveiled by the President of Poland [[Lech Wałęsa]].

In 1990, the first democratic local elections that took place marked a new period in the city's history. The economy of Katowice has been transforming from the heavy industry of steel and coal mines into "one of the most attractive investment areas for modern economy branches in Central Europe".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silesia-online.com/89,Stalinogrod_-_Post-War_History_.htm|title=Katowice Online – Stalinogrod – Post-War History of Katowice|first=Wirtualny Turysta|last=www.wirtualnyturysta.com|access-date=15 March 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316113211/http://www.silesia-online.com/89,Stalinogrod_-_Post-War_History_.htm|archive-date=16 March 2017}}</ref>