Separate districts
Ruda Śląska is made up of districts such as Nowy Bytom, Wirek, Halemba and Kochłowice. On the map they appear as distinct clusters of streets separated by open land.
Minimalist map poster · Poland
50.2584° N / 18.8563° E
A polycentric Silesian city of mining districts, rail lines and green gaps, formed by joining separate towns and settlements.

One city, five moods
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The map
Ruda Śląska lies in the heart of the Upper Silesian conurbation, between Katowice, Zabrze and Bytom. The city in its current form was created in 1959 by joining the towns of Ruda and Nowy Bytom, and neighbouring settlements were added later. On a map it has no single centre. Instead it is a cluster of separate districts, each with its own core, divided by railway lines, industrial sites and green areas.
Coal mining and heavy industry shaped the city for more than a century, and the map still shows it in the spoil heaps, rail sidings and former colliery sites between districts. Around the mines, companies built housing estates for their workers. Some survive as well-preserved examples of Silesian industrial architecture, such as the brick settlement of Ficinus in Wirek.
Several mines have since closed, and parks, woodland and new roads have filled some of the former industrial land. A Ruda Śląska map poster shows the whole city at once: its patchwork of districts, the tracks and highways that cross it and the green spaces in between. It is a portrait of a place shaped by the work that happened underground.
Ruda Śląska is made up of districts such as Nowy Bytom, Wirek, Halemba and Kochłowice. On the map they appear as distinct clusters of streets separated by open land.
Historic housing estates built for mining families, including Ficinus in Wirek, appear as small, regular layouts of streets and courtyards among later development.
Railway lines and major roads cross the city in several directions, including the regional east–west expressway. They draw long lines between the districts.
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Add a date, a name or a line of your own, switch style, size or orientation.
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Why Ruda Śląska
For Silesian families, Ruda Śląska is often tied to generations of work in the mines and to one particular district rather than the city as a whole. A map that shows every district together honours that history and still lets each person find their own street.
Personalise the title, subtitle and coordinates line with a district name, a family surname or a line in Polish or Silesian. Choose between Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint and Sand. Noir suits the city's industrial past especially well.
Order the Ruda Śląska poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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