Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers (tributaries of the Oder and the Vistula respectively).
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers (tributaries of the Oder and the Vistula respectively). Itis a center of science, culture, industry, business, trade, and transportation inUpper Silesiaand southern Poland, and the main city in theUpper Silesian Industrial Region.Today, Katowice is a rapidly growing city and emerging metropolis.It is the16th most economically powerful city by GDPin theEuropean Unionwith an output amounting to $114.5 billion.One of the hidden gems of Poland, Katowice especially delights the senses in April with its numerous flowering lilac trees.