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10 Interesting Facts About Tychy

Author Isolated Traveller

Published on: 29/11/2020

Facts About Tychy

1. Tychy is well known for its brewing industry and its international developed brand Tyskie, which dates back to the 17th century.

2. Tychy is divided into 17 districts

3. The moniker Tychy is derived from the Polish word cichy, meaning “quiet” or “still”.

4. Originally established as a small agricultural settlement on the medieval trade route between Oświęcim and Mikołów, Tychy was first documented in 1467.

5. Tychy is twinned with: Cassino, Italy & Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Germany.

6. Tychy operates one of three remaining trolleybus systems in Poland.

7. The Tyskie Brewing Museum was founded in 2004, and the Municipal Museum in 2005.

8. The estimated population of Tychy is 126,807, as of 2016, which around 6,000 lower population than in 2003.

9. Tychy is a city in Poland in Silesian Voivodeship.

10. Tychy is one of the founding cities of the Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia, a pan-Silesian economic and political union formed with the eventual aim of bringing the most populous Silesian areas under a single administrative body.