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Pogoń - is one of the oldest districts of Sosnowiec. The then village of Pogoń entered the history books as early as 1345. According to the chronicles, at that time a battle was fought on its territory between the Polish and Hungarian troops, and the Czech troops harassing the surrounding lands. According to the records, King Kazimierz Wielki himself was to be at the head of the Polish knighthood. The enemy armed forces have been defeated. The settlement changed owners many times. The village was situated within the borders of the Duchy of Siewierz - until 1442 it was owned by the Silesian dukes, and then it was passed over to the Kraków bishops. In 1489, it was bought by the Jagiellonian and incorporated into the royal property. From 1502, the village changed its owners frequently. They were, among others: Kowacze, Tymińscy, Jaroccy, Mieroszewscy, Siemieńscy, Mycielscy. This most likely contributed to the division of Pogoń into Pogoń Gzichowska (the name comes from the district - Gzichów in Będzin) and Pogoń Sielecka (analogically - from the Sielec settlement).
At the beginning of the 19th century, coal deposits were discovered in the village and in 1816 the first coal mine was opened - the "Pogonia" mine. In 1822 a zinc smelter "Anna" (later "Romania") was built (on the border with the village of Sosnowiec). In the mid-nineteenth century, Pogoń passed into the possession of the Germans: Count Jan Renard (Pogoń Sielecka) and Gustaw von Kramst (Pogoń Gzichowska). On the site of the mine, which ceased mining, Gustaw von Kramsta launched the "Emma" zinc smelter and a zinc white factory in 1864. Pogoń owned the hamlets of: Wygwizdów bordering on Sielec, located on the bank of the Czarna Przemsza River; Złodziejów in the western part of the settlement; Sosnowiec, which gave rise to the city. The villages of Ostra Górka and Radocha were also established on historical Pogoń lands.
The launch of the first worsted wool spinning mill in the Kingdom of Poland (Politex after World War II) in 1878 had a great impact on the development of Pogoń - it was launched by Henryk Dietel. Apart from the opening of production plants, Dietel was the founder of the Pogoń Real School, the Protestant church and partly the Orthodox church. He was the owner of a beautiful palace built in the neo-baroque style with elements of rococo, built at the end of the nineteenth century opposite the textile factory and the church. All objects have been included in the list of monuments. In 1881, Huldczyński, an industrialist from Gliwice, founded an iron rolling mill and a tubing plant in Pogoń, which was transformed in 1897 into a joint-stock company under the name of the Joint Stock Society of Sosnowiec Pipe and Iron Factories (later the Buczka Steelworks). Pogoń belonged to the Gzichów commune, and then to the commune of Osady Górnicze. From 1900, it was part of the Sosnowiec Superintendent. In 1902, it was combined with other surrounding villages into one urban organism of Sosnowiec.
Source:
1. Jan Przemsza-Zieliński "Known and ... unknown Sosnowiec" (1992), Sowa-Press, Ekspres Zagłębiowski
2. Marian Kantor-Mirski "From the past of Zagłębie D±browskie and its surroundings" (1931-32)
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