Following the annexation of Silesia by Prussia in the middle of 18th century, a slow migration of German merchants began to the area, which, until then was inhabited primarily by a Polish population.
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Extensive city growth and prosperity depended on the coal mining and steel industries, which took off during the Industrial Revolution.
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The Prussian authorities hoped that the town with then 50% Polish population (by 1867), would gradually become a centre of Germanization of Silesia.
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In 1953 Katowice was renamed Stalinogród ("Stalin Town") by Polish communist government.
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