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Zagórze - already mentioned in a document from 1228. The existence of a knight's settlement in this area was confirmed in the 15th century by Jan Długosz. At that time, the owners of the village were Jan Zagórski from Zagórze and Jarocki from Sielec. In later centuries, the town changed owners many times, among which the Mieroszewski and Siemieński families were especially remembered. From the 1860s, both the village and the nearby coal industry became the property of German and later French capitalists. The villages included the hamlets of Wola Zagórska, Pod Borem, Chechłów, and from the beginning of the 19th century also the farm connected by the Mieroszewskis with the settlement of Brzezie (called Wańczyków).
There was already a hard coal mine in the first half of the 19th century. In the 1860s, the "Wańczyków" and "Wincenty" mines, owned by the owners of the property, Jacek Siemieński, and then Gustaw von Kramsta, were active. In 1851 the "Ignacy" mine was established and at the end of the 19th century it was renamed "Mortimer". Its owners were: J. Siemieński, G. von Kramsta (from 1864), the Society of Mines and Metallurgical Works in Sosnowiec (from 1890). Sunk in 1933, it temporarily resumed production during the Nazi occupation. After the war, it was periodically connected with the "Klimontów" and "Por±bka" mines. It does not currently exist.
In the second half of the 19th century, the "Paulina" zinc smelter was active in Zagórze, closed after World War I. In 1915, part of Zagórze (the so-called manor area) was incorporated into Sosnowiec. In the twenty years and in the post-war period, up to 1953, Zagórze was a commune, the following year it obtained the status of a housing estate, and on January 1, 1967 - a town. After the administrative reform was introduced, it was absorbed by the city of Sosnowiec on June 1, 1975, and since then it has been one of its largest districts. In the 1970s, Zagórze changed its appearance - housing estates were built here for tens of thousands of people, mainly workers of the Katowice steelworks (now the ArcelorMittal Poland steelworks branch in D±browa Górnicza).
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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