Sucha Góra, Bytom
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Sucha Góra | |
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 Birds eye view of Sucha Góra, Bytom. | |
 Location of Sucha Góra within Bytom. | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Silesian |
| County/City | Bytom |
| Area | |
• Total | 507 km2 (196 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,700 |
| • Density | 7.3/km2 (19/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 41-935 |
Sucha Góra (German: Trockenberg, see also other names) is the northernmost district of Bytom, Poland (from 1975; formerly a district of Radzionków and prior to that its own municipality).
Sucha Góra was established as a mining colony[1] of Piekary Rudne (Now a part of Tarnowskie Góry) in 1778. Calamine and Dolomite were mined in Sucha Góra.[1]
In 1922, Sucha Góra became a part of Poland following the Upper Silesian Plebiscite, in which 696 people voted to join Poland in Sucha Góra and 116 people voted to remain within Germany.[2]
From 1972 to 1975, Sucha Góra was a district of Radzionków. In 1975 Sucha Góra became a district of Bytom.
