Wujek Coal Mine ( Polish : Kopalnia Wujek, full name in Polish: Kopalnia Węgla Kamiennego „Wujek” ; German : Oheim ) is a coal mine in Katowice , Poland . It is widely known in Poland as the place of the massacre of striking miners in 1981 (most often referred to by the euphemism 'Pacification'), as well as being the site of a deadly mining accident in 2009.
4-586: Wujek (literally "uncle," in Polish) can refer to: Wujek Coal Mine , a mine where 9 workers were killed during a famous 1981 strike Jakub Wujek , a 16th-century Polish Jesuit who translated the Bible into Polish Wujek, Lublin Voivodeship , a village in east Poland Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
8-765: The Wujek mine was taken over by Polska Grupa Górnicza ( pl ) , and in 2021, it was connected to the Murcki-Staszic Coal Mine ( pl:Kopalnia Węgla Kamiennego „Murcki-Staszic” ) via an underground passageway. Since then, both formerly independent mines are now operated as a single entity called Staszic-Wujek Coal Mine ( pl:Kopalnia Węgla Kamiennego „Staszic-Wujek” ) . The name "Wujek" means "Uncle" in Polish. 50°14′41.19″N 18°59′16.57″E / 50.2447750°N 18.9879361°E / 50.2447750; 18.9879361 This Polish history –related article
12-470: The title Wujek . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wujek&oldid=907896901 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wujek Coal Mine Mining operations began in
16-525: The vicinity as early as the 16th century. The present mine, Oheim , was established in 1899 by a merger of six mining operations existing in Silesia (then a part of Germany ). The peak Polish production was in 1979 (3.88 million tons that year). Currently , the Wujek mine produces sub-bituminous coal with a typical energy content of 30000-35000 kJ/kg, volatile content of 30-31%, ash content of less than 5%, and sulfur content of less than 0.6%. On 1 April 2017,
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