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Radocha - an old settlement, already mentioned in the middle of the 17th century. Originally, it was a forest settlement established on the historic grounds of Pogoń in the wedge of Brynica estuary to Czarna Przemsza. The first information about the settlement comes from the mid-17th century. In 1827, Radocha had four houses and 22 inhabitants, as well as an inn. It owes its later development to natural conditions favorable to the emergence of industry, and above all to the nearby, so-called Iwanow railway line, running deep into the Kingdom of Poland, connecting this area with Austria and Prussia at the same time. In the years 1820 - 1866, the "Szarlota" mine (named after the owner of the nearby Sielec Charlotta von Stolberg zu Wernigerode) was active in the settlement and belonged to the owners of the Sielec estates; for 10 years (1854 - 1864) it was leased by Jacek Siemieński, the owner of the property in Zagórze. The construction of a railway station (now South Sosnowiec) in 1887 allowed several factories, mainly chemical plants, to flourish.
At the end of the 19th century, the chemical industry developed here. The merchants from Sosnowiec, Stanisław Reicher and Bernard Oppenheim, and the industrialist Józef Kerbaund opened a chemical factory in 1883, called "Woskownia" after the production of candles (in 1893 it was transformed into the "Radocha" Chemical Factory Joint Stock Society). After regaining independence in 1918, it was taken over by the State Monopoly Zapałczany, which leased the plant to a Swedish company. They were produced here, among others potassium and sodium chlorate, potassium perchlorate, citric acid, sodium and calcium phosphates. After 1945, the plant was nationalized, but it does not exist today. Radocha is known for the prison operating here. As early as 1939, the Nazis established a penal prison from the former railway workers' houses called Stammlager "Sosnowitz", commonly known as "Radocha lager". There is also a sewage treatment plant in this district and the Regional Water and Sewerage Company has its seat.
In 1902, Radocha was incorporated into 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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