What is "welnowiec-jozefowiec"

Wełnowiec-Józefowiec is a district of Katowice. It has an area of 3.15 km and in 2007 had 15.924 inhabitants.

The district consists of two historical settlements:

• Wełnowiec , first mentioned in the 17th century, initially a hamlet of Bogucice; before 1922 also known as Hohenlohehütte, after a local steel mill;
• Józefowiec , established in 1826 by rev. Józef Beder, a Catholic priest from Chorzów;

- huta Hohenlohe (Welnowiec).jpg|Hohenlohehütte in Wełnowiec, a picture from the 19th century - Józefowiec - Kościół pw. św. Józefa Robotnika.JPG|St Joseph church in Józefowiec