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Maczki - one of the four districts of the "East" region of Sosnowiec. It is surrounded by forests and has deep railroad traditions resulting from its historically strategic location on the map of Europe - as it was situated on the border of two partitions (the final station of the Warsaw-Vienna Railway). This district is the green lung of Sosnowiec. It is situated on the border between Sosnowiec and Jaworzno, on the Biała Przemsza River. Old housing estates (hamlets) are connected with Maczki: Cieśle, Stare Maczki, Palestine (inhabited by Jews, today Spacerowa street), Węgroda (Kolonia Wągródka street) and Waterworks.
The settlement of Maćki was already known in the 18th century, although it gained its proper significance only in the mid-19th century thanks to the construction of a railway station on the Warsaw-Vienna route, as well as a customs house, and then a railway to Ivangorod (1884). The border location and the border traffic center that arose here determined the name of the settlement - Granica. The border developed into a large railway center. In the years 1848-1859 it was the only frontier station of the Russian Empire. The roads of Russia, Prussia and Austria-Hungary crossed here. A settlement began to form in the vicinity of the railway station, built in 1848, at some distance from the village of Maćki. Its first inhabitants were railwaymen with their families, border guards, customs officials, the Russian army and the military police. Residential houses, hotels (1852, 1864), post office, barracks, and the Orthodox Church were built here. In 1857, a Roman Catholic chapel was erected, where masses were celebrated by a priest from Zagórze, and in 1893 a church was built (for 30 years it belonged to the Zagórze parish).
The first primary school was established in Granica in 1886. During the January Uprising, Polish troops clashed with the Russian army in the vicinity of the settlement. For the time being, the insurgents managed to capture the station. The importance of the settlement as an important communication junction weakened after regaining independence in 1918 and the liquidation of the border with Austria. At that time, the name of the town also lost its relevance. It was changed to Uroczysko, and in 1925 it was given its current name - Maczki. The settlement continued to develop in the interwar period. On the initiative of the President of the Republic of Poland, Gabriel Narutowicz, waterworks were built in Maczki, supplying Sosnowiec with water since 1930. In 1919, the Real Gymnasium was established - the first secondary school in Maczki. In its place, in the building of the former customs house, the Crafts and Industry School was established in 1926, where the famous writer Leon Kruczkowski taught chemistry. After World War II, the Basic Vocational School operated in this place until the 1970s.
Originally, Maczki was a commune, from 1955 a gromada, in 1958 it became a settlement in the Będzin poviat, and in 1973 it became part of the city of Kazimierz Górniczy. Included with it in 1975 in the administrative precinct of Sosnowiec constitute its "green district".
Source:
1. Jan Przemsza-Zieliński "Known and ... unknown Sosnowiec" (1992), Sowa-Press, Ekspres Zagłębiowski
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