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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Tychy
| settlement_type = [[City with powiat rights|City county]]
| motto = ''Tychy - a good place''
| image_skyline = Mary Magdalene church in Tychy (3).jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = Mary Magdalene Church
| image_flag = POL Tychy flag white.svg
| image_shield = POL Tychy COA.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = top
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Silesian Voivodeship|name=Silesian}}
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of Polish counties|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = ''city county''
| leader_party = [[Civic Platform|PO]]
| leader_title = City mayor
| leader_name = Maciej Gramatyka 
| established_title = First mentioned
| established_date = 1467
| established_title3 = City rights
| established_date3 = 1951
| area_total_km2 = 81.64
| population_as_of = 31 December 2021
| population_total = 125,781 {{decrease}} ([[List of cities and towns in Poland|28th]])<ref name="population">{{cite web|url=https://bdl.stat.gov.pl/bdl/dane/teryt/jednostka|title=Local Data Bank|access-date=7 August 2022|publisher=Statistics Poland}} Data for territorial unit 2477000.</ref>
| population_density_km2 = 1560
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| coordinates = {{coord|50|07|25|N|18|59|12|E|region:PL|display=title,inline}}
| elevation_m = 
| postal_code_type = [[Postal codes in Poland|Postal code]]
| postal_code = 43-100 to 43-135
| area_code = +48 32
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in Poland|Area code]]
| blank_name = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]]
| blank_info = ST
| website = https://umtychy.pl/
| footnotes = 
}}
[[File:Trolejbusy TLT.jpg|thumb|Trolleybus transport in Tychy]]
'''Tychy''' (<small>Polish pronunciation:</small> {{IPAc-pl|AUD|Pl-Tychy.ogg|'|t|y|h|y}}; {{langx|szl|Tychy}}) is a city in [[Silesia]] in southern [[Poland]],{{TERYT}} approximately {{convert|20|km|mi}} south of [[Katowice]]. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, [[Mikołów]] to the west, [[Bieruń]] to the east and [[Kobiór]] to the south. The [[Gostynia]] river, a tributary of the [[Vistula]], flows through Tychy.
{{Historical populations|3=1960|4=49914|5=1970|6=71500|7=1980|8=166573|9=1990|10=191723|11=2000|12=133463|13=2010|14=129386|15=2020|16=126871|footnote=source <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.polskawliczbach.pl/Tychy | title=Tychy (śląskie) » mapy, nieruchomości, GUS, noclegi, szkoły, regon, atrakcje, kody pocztowe, wypadki drogowe, bezrobocie, wynagrodzenie, zarobki, tabele, edukacja, demografia }}</ref>}}

Since 1999, Tychy has been located within the [[Silesian Voivodeship]], a province consisting of 71 regional towns and cities. Tychy is also one of the founding cities of the Metropolitan Association of Upper Silesia, a pan-Silesian economic and political union formed with the eventual aim of bringing the most populous Silesian areas under a [[Metropolis GZM|single administrative body]].

Tychy is well known for its brewing industry and the [[Tyskie]] brand of beer, which dates back to the 17th century.<ref>[http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761558637/Tychy.html "Tychy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050514051052/http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761558637/Tychy.html |date=2005-05-14 }}, Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2009, Retrieved 2006-07-02</ref> Since 1950, Tychy has grown rapidly, mainly as a result of post-war socialist planning policies enacted to disperse the population of industrial Upper Silesia.<ref>Duvall, C and Winstan Bond. (2003). ''Suburbanising the Masses: Public Transport and Urban Development in Historical Perspective''. p. 114. Ashgate Publishing</ref><ref>Lipk-Bierwiaczonek, M. [http://miasta.gazeta.pl/katowice/1,75275,3675789.html "Całkiem nowe miasto socjalistyczne"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328142505/http://miasta.gazeta.pl/katowice/1,75275,3675789.html |date=2009-03-28 }}, ''Gazeta.pl Katowice'', {{in lang|pl}}, Retrieved 2006-07-02</ref>

==History==
===Etymology===
The moniker Tychy is derived from the Polish word ''cichy'', meaning "quiet" or "still".<ref>Room, A. (2005). ''Placenames of the World''. Second Edition p. 386. McFarland and Company</ref> Although appropriate for most of Tychy's history, the name is now somewhat ironic considering the growth of the city from 1950 onwards.

===Origins and development===
Originally established as a small agricultural settlement on the medieval trade route between [[Oświęcim]] and Mikołów, Tychy was first documented in 1467.<ref name="History of Tychy">[http://www.umtychy.pl/www_4.0/artykul.php?s=405,470 Umtychy.pl]{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, "History of Tychy", Retrieved 2006-07-02</ref> In 1629 the first trace of serious economic activity was recorded in the shape of the Książęcy Brewery, which is now one of the largest breweries in Poland.<ref>[http://www.umtychy.pl/www_4.0/dodruku_artykul.php?s=410,475 Umtychy.pl]{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, "Monuments", Retrieved 2006-07-02</ref>

From 1526 onwards the area on which Tychy is built was part of the Austrian [[Habsburg monarchy]]. In 1742 [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussia]] annexed the land after winning the [[First Silesian War]] against the Austrian [[Habsburg monarchy|Hasburg monarchy]]. In 1871 the territory became part of the [[German Empire]] until in 1918, for a short period between 1918 and 1921 Tychy was just inside the border of the newly formed [[Weimar Republic]] and still a part of the German [[Province of Silesia]]. On 16–17 August 1919 the {{Interlanguage link|Battle of Paprocany|pl|Bitwa o Paprocany}} (present-day district of Tychy) was fought as one of the first battles of the [[Silesian Uprisings]] (1919–1921). After the uprisings Tychy was reintegrated with the re-established [[Second Polish Republic|Polish state]]. Additionally, due to the Polish majority in 1921 in Tychy and the few Germans, 84% of the inhabitants voted for joining Poland during the plebiscite.<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/544097/Silesia Britannica.com], "Silesia", [[Encyclopædia Britannica Online]], Retrieved 2006-07-02</ref>

Shortly after its cession to Poland, Tychy began to develop into a small urban settlement, acquiring a hospital, a fire station, a post office, a school, a swimming pool, a bowling hall and a number of shops and restaurants. In 1922 it was visited by leader of interwar Poland, [[Józef Piłsudski]].<ref name=ety/> Its population also grew between World War I and World War II, reaching a population of 11,000 at its highest point during this time.<ref name="History of Tychy"/>

===World War II===
[[File:Tychy - lipiec 2012 1.JPG|thumb|190px|Memorial to Poles murdered by the Germans in the last public execution in Tychy on September 22, 1944]]
Along with the rest of industrial Upper Silesia Tychy was [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|occupied]] by [[Nazi Germany]] forces after the [[invasion of Poland]] and annexed into the Third Reich,<ref>^ Cienciala, Anna M. (2004). [http://web.ku.edu/~eceurope/hist557/lect16.htm "The Coming of the War and Eastern Europe in World War II"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801010755/http://web.ku.edu/~eceurope/hist557/lect16.htm |date=2012-08-01 }} University of Kansas. Retrieved on 2009-07-03</ref> while many of its inhabitants who were not [[Expulsion of Poles by Nazi Germany|expelled]] or [[Nazi crimes against the Polish nation|exterminated]] were forced to change their nationality to German in order to comply with the [[Racial policy of Nazi Germany|racist policies of Nazi Germany]].<ref>Kamusella, T. (1999) [http://rss.archives.ceu.hu/archive/00001016/01/17.pdf The Dynamics of the Policies of Ethnic Cleansing in Silesia in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224234905/http://rss.archives.ceu.hu/archive/00001016/01/17.pdf |date=2017-02-24 }} p. 381 Open Society Institute. Retrieved 2009-07-03</ref> Mass arrests and executions of Polish activists and former [[Silesian Uprisings|Polish insurgents]] of 1919–1921 were carried out in the first days of the occupation in September 1939.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wardzyńska|first=Maria|year=2009|title=Był rok 1939. Operacja niemieckiej policji bezpieczeństwa w Polsce. Intelligenzaktion|language=pl|location=Warszawa|publisher=[[Institute of National Remembrance|IPN]]|page=131}}</ref> As early as September 3, 1939, the Germans murdered several Polish residents of the city, of whom 13 were later identified, the youngest was 16 years old.<ref>Wardzyńska, p. 133</ref> The Germans also carried out manhunts of Polish insurgents who were hiding in the forest between Tychy and [[Mikołów]],<ref>Wardzyńska, p. 119</ref> and established and operated a ''[[Polenlager]]'' [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labor]] camp for Poles in the city,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bundesarchiv.de/zwangsarbeit/haftstaetten/index.php?action=2.2&tab=7&id=100000888|title=Polenlager Tichau|website=Bundesarchiv.de|accessdate=3 June 2021|language=de}}</ref> and the E701 labor subcamp of the [[Stalag VIII-B|Stalag VIII-B/344]] [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|prisoner-of-war camp]] in the present-day Czułów district.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|title=Working Parties|website=Lamsdorf: Stalag VIIIB 344 Prisoner of War Camp 1940 - 1945|access-date=14 March 2020|archive-date=20 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120001548/https://www.lamsdorf.com/working-parties.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The last public execution was carried out on September 22, 1944, when five members of the [[Polish resistance movement in World War II|underground Polish resistance movement]] were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://umtychy.pl/102871-tychy-pomnik-ofiar-hitlerowcow-22091944|title=Pomnik ofiar hitlerowców 22.09.1944.|website=UMTychy.pl|access-date=14 March 2020|language=pl}}</ref> Tychy received minimal damage during the invasion because most of the nearby fighting took place in the [[Mikołów]]-[[Wyry]] area.<ref name="History of Tychy"/> In the final stages of the war, in 1945, a German-conducted [[Death marches during the Holocaust|death march]] of thousands of prisoners of the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] and its [[List of subcamps of Auschwitz|subcamps]] passed through the city towards [[Gliwice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://subcamps-auschwitz.org/death-marches/|title=The Death Marches|website=Sub Camps of Auschwitz|accessdate=27 June 2021}}</ref>

Tychy was liberated on January 28, 1945.<ref name=ety>{{cite web|url=https://www.etychy.org/historia-tychow|title=Historia Tychów|website=eTychy.org|access-date=14 March 2020|language=pl}}</ref>

===New Tychy===
The "New City" was designated by the Polish government in 1950 and deliberately located near to [[Katowice]] with the intention that it would not be a self-sustaining city. It was granted [[town rights]] in 1951.<ref name=ety/> Tychy is the largest of the so-called "[[new town]]s" in Poland and was built from 1950 to 1985, to allow for urban expansion in the southeast of the [[Upper Silesian Industrial Region|Upper Silesian industrial region]]. In the 1950s the neighbourhood ''Osiedle A'' was built, designed by Tadeusz Teodorowicz-Todorowski, and the design and planning of the next neighbourhoods was entrusted to {{interlanguage link|Kazimierz Wejchert|pl}} and his wife {{interlanguage link|Hanna Adamczewska-Wejchert|pl}}.<ref name=ety/> In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s numerous industrial enterprises were created.<ref name=ety/> In 1951 and 1973 the city limits were greatly expanded by including [[Paprocany]] and [[Wilkowyje]] (in 1951),<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Rozporządzenie Prezesa Rady Ministrów z dnia 8 listopada 1950 r. w sprawie nadania ustroju miejskiego niektórym gminom w województwach: katowickim i warszawskim, gromadzie Hajnówka w województwie białostockim oraz zniesienia i zmiany granic niektórych miast i gmin w województwach katowickim i białostockim.|year=1950|volume=51|number=472}}</ref> and [[Cielmice, Tychy|Cielmice]], Urbanowice, Jaroszowice (in 1973) as new districts.<ref name=ety/> By 2006, the population had reached 132,500.

In the administrative reforms which came into effect in 1999, Tychy was made a city with the status of a [[powiat]] (city county). Between 1999 and 2002, it was also the administrative seat of (but not part of) an entity called Tychy County (''powiat tyski''), which is now known as the [[Bieruń-Lędziny County]].

[[File:Tyskie Browary Książęce.jpg|thumb|Brewery in Tychy on the right, [[Tyskie Brewing Museum]] on the left]]
The [[Tyskie Brewing Museum]] was founded in 2004, and the Municipal Museum in 2005.<ref name=ety/>

==Districts==
Tychy is divided into 17 districts (''[[dzielnica]]s''):
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*[[Cielmice, Tychy|Cielmice]] (south)
*[[Czułów, Tychy|Czułów]] (north)
*[[Glinka, Tychy]] (west)
*[[Jaroszowice, Tychy|Jaroszowice]] (north-east)
*[[Mąkołowiec]] (north-west)
*[[Paprocany]] (south)
*[[Radziejówka]] (north-west)
*[[Śródmieście, Tychy|Śródmieście]] (city centre)
*[[Stare Tychy]] (centre)
*[[Suble, Tychy|Suble]]
*[[Urbanowice, Tychy]] (east)
*[[Wartogłowiec]] (north)
*[[Wilkowyje]] (north-west)
*[[Wygorzele, Tychy|Wygorzele]] (north)
*[[Zawiść, Tychy|Zawiść]] (north-east)
*[[Zwierzyniec, Tychy|Zwierzyniec]] (north)
*[[Żwaków]] (west)
{{div col end}}

==Industry==
The global car manufacturer [[Stellantis]] has a major presence in the city. The first car factory was opened by [[Fabryka Samochodów Małolitrażowych|FSM]] in 1975, and was fully acquired by the Italian manufacturer [[Fiat]] in 1992. In 2008, the factory ([[FCA Poland]]) had a production of nearly half a million cars.<ref name="auto">{{cite news|first = Nelson D.|last = Schwartz|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/business/global/15fiat.html?_r=1&em|title = To Shrink a U.S. Car, Chrysler Goes to Poland|date = 2009-07-14|work = [[The New York Times]]|access-date = 2009-07-14}}</ref> It produces the new [[Fiat 500 (2007)|Fiat 500]] and the [[Lancia Ypsilon]]. It was the exclusive manufacturing site for the second generation [[Fiat Panda]] until 2012, when it ended production,<ref>{{cite news|url = http://motoryzacja.interia.pl/hity_dnia/news/bardzo-smutna-data-w-historii-polskiej-motoryzacji,1874803|title = Bardzo smutna data w historii "polskiej" motoryzacji|date = 2012-12-21|work = Motoryzacja|access-date = 2013-07-13}}</ref> and of the 2nd generation [[Ford Ka]] (under an [[Original equipment manufacturer|OEM]] agreement between the two manufacturers) until May 2016.

Also located in Tychy is a powertrain factory producing automobile engines for [[Opel]] cars. This plant was opened by [[Isuzu]] as ''Isuzu Motors Polska (ISPOL)'' in 1996; in 2002 [[General Motors]] took a 60% interest in that company, and in 2013 the remaining 40%.<ref name="Opel-Media_2013-04-22"/> In 2017 [[Groupe PSA]] acquired GM's operations in Europe. In January 2021 both the former Fiat and Opel plants became part of Stellantis.

The [[Tyskie]] beer is produced in Tychy, by [[Kompania Piwowarska]], a subsidiary of the multinational brewing company [[Asahi Breweries]]. It is reportedly one of the best selling brands of beer in Poland, with around 18% share of the Polish market {{As of|2009|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kompania Piwowarska has managed to increase its market share significantly in spite of the industry's dip in sales|url=http://www.sabmiller.com/index.asp?pageid=149&newsid=1186|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121216144956/http://www.sabmiller.com/index.asp?pageid=149&newsid=1186|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 December 2012|publisher=SABMiller|date=1 March 2010}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Dwa trolejbusy na Dworcu PKP.jpg|thumb|right|Two trolleybuses at [[Tychy railway station]]]]
One of three remaining [[Trolleybuses in Tychy|trolleybus systems]] in Poland operates in Tychy. The other cities where you can find them are [[Lublin]] and [[Gdynia]].

===Roads===
*[[Expressway S1 (Poland)|Expressway S1]]
*[[National roads in Poland#List of national roads|National road 1]]
*[[National roads in Poland#List of national roads|National road 44]]
*[[National roads in Poland#List of national roads|National road 86]]

== Culture ==
[[File:Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy. Ulica Żwakowska 8 mieszkania 66, Tychy - najmniejsze Muzeum świata.jpg|thumb|right|''Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy''<br />street Żwakowska 8/66, 43-100 Tychy<br />tourist region: Upper Silesian Agglomeration.]]

=== Art galleries and museums ===
* [[Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Muzeum Miniaturowej Sztuki Profesjonalnej Henryk Jan Dominiak in Tychy|url=https://muzeumminiaturowejsztukiprofesjonalnejhenrykjandominiak.eu/wp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419142043/https://muzeumminiaturowejsztukiprofesjonalnejhenrykjandominiak.eu/wp/|url-status=live|archive-date=19 April 2022|publisher=muzeumminiaturowejsztukiprofesjonalnejhenrykjandominiak.eu|date=17 December 2015|access-date=11 April 2022}}</ref>

==Sports==
[[File:LodowiskoTychy.JPG|thumb|right|Tychy Winter Stadium, home to [[GKS Tychy (ice hockey)|GKS Tychy]] ice hockey club]]
Tychy is home to two major sporting teams, both named GKS Tychy. GKS stands for Górniczy Klub Sportowy, ({{langx|en|Miner's Sporting Club}}), which is a common prefix for Polish sports teams situated near mines or in mining regions.

=== Ice hockey ===
[[File:Finał Mistrzostw Polski 2017-18 w Hokeju na lodzie GKS Tychy - Tauron KH GKS Katowice 2-1 (d) 9.jpg|thumb|GKS Tychy celebrating the Polish championship in 2018]]
The [[GKS Tychy (ice hockey)|GKS Tychy ice hockey club]] is among the most successful in Poland and plays in its premier league, the [[Polska Liga Hokejowa|Ekstraliga]]. Established in 1971, the team won the Polish Championships in [[2004–05 Polska Liga Hokejowa season|2005]], [[2014–15 Polska Hokej Liga season|2015]], 2018, 2019 and 2020 and has won the Polish Cup eight times. The club is housed in the newly refurbished Tychy Winter Stadium ({{langx|pl|Stadion Zimowy w Tychach}}), which seats 2,700 people.

Several players from the club have gone on to play in the American and Canadian [[National Hockey League|NHL]]. These include [[Mariusz Czerkawski]] and [[Krzysztof Oliwa]].

===Football===
[[File:Tychy stadion wewn.jpg|thumb|left|[[Tychy City Stadium]], home to the [[GKS Tychy]] football club]]
The [[GKS Tychy|GKS Tychy football club]] football club was also established in 1971 and currently plays in the [[Polish Second League]]. Throughout a varied career the club reached its peak classification between 1974 and 1977, when it made it into the {{Lang|pl|[[Ekstraklasa]]|italic=no}}, Poland's top league, where it finished second in [[1975–76 Ekstraklasa|1976]].<ref name=ety/> During those glory days GKS Tychy also participated in the [[1976–77 UEFA Cup]]. It played in the top division again in [[1995–96 Ekstraklasa|1995]]–[[1996–97 Ekstraklasa|1997]]. [[Tychy City Stadium]] ({{langx|pl|Stadion Miejski w Tychach}}) is home to the club and seats 15,300 spectators.

A few notable footballers were either born in Tychy or spent some of their career at the club, the most famous being [[Real Madrid]] and [[Poland national football team|Poland]] goalkeeper [[Jerzy Dudek]]. Ekstraklasa player [[Bartosz Karwan]] started his career there, as did retired player [[Radosław Gilewicz]]. [[S.S.C. Napoli|Napoli]] and Poland national team striker [[Arkadiusz Milik]] was born in Tychy, as well as former [[Bayer Leverkusen]] defender [[Lukas Sinkiewicz]], who now holds German citizenship.

Tychy hosted several matches of the [[2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup]].

=== American Football ===
Tychy Falcons are an American Football team established in 2008. They currently competed in PFL2 - second tier of American Football in Poland. 

=== Other sporting teams===
Tychy is also home to several other sports teams, including [[basketball]] team GKS Tychy, [[futsal]] team GKS Futsal Tychy and [[floorball]] team TKKF Pionier Tychy.

==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Tychy}}
Tychy has been the birthplace and home of notable people, both past and present. German sculptor [[August Kiss]] (1802–1865) was born in Paprotzan, which is now situated within modern day Tychy. Most famous for his grand neoclassical works, Kiss also sculpted the fine pulpit of St. Adalbert's church in Tychy's neighbouring town of [[Mikołów]]. Augustyn Dyrda (born 1926) is a sculptor who currently resides in the city and is best known for his [[socialist realism|socialist realist]] and [[modernist]] works, including several in Tychy itself.

Soldier [[Roman Polko]] (born 1962) is one son of Tychy whose achievements hold national importance today. His distinguished career has led him to the post of acting chief in Poland's Bureau of National Security.
[[File:Pomnik Powstańca Śląskiego w Tychach.jpg|thumb|[[Silesian Uprisings]] Monument]]
[[File:UMTychy.JPG|thumb|City Hall in Tychy]]

*[[August Kiss]] (1802–1865), German sculptor
*[[Józef Krupiński]] (1930–1998), poet and lyricist
*[[Roman Ogaza]] (1952–2006), footballer
*[[Lucyna Langer]] (born 1956), athlete
*[[Ryszard Riedel]] (1956–1994), musician, lead singer of [[blues]]-[[Rock music|rock]] band [[Dżem]] 
*[[Ireneusz Krosny]] (born 1968), pantomime comedian
*[[Adam Juretzko]] (born 1971), German wrestler<ref>[[:de:Adam Juretzko]]</ref>
*[[Mariusz Czerkawski]] (born 1972), ice-hockey player
*[[Krzysztof Oliwa]] (born 1973), ice-hockey player
*[[Piotr Tomasz Nowakowski]] (born 1974), Polish researcher, university faculty and writer
*[[Bartosz Karwan]] (born 1976), footballer
*[[Piotr Kupicha]] (born 1979), musician, lead singer of [[pop music|pop]]-[[Rock music|rock]] band [[Feel (Polish band)|Feel]]
*[[Adam Bielecki (climber)|Adam Bielecki]] (born 1983), Polish alpine and high-altitude climber
*[[Łukasz Sinkiewicz]] (born 1985), Polish-German footballer
*[[Michał Brzozowski]] (born 1988), footballer 
*[[Dawid Tomala]] (born 1989), race walker, Olympic Champion 
*[[Jakub Świerczok]] (born 1992), footballer
*[[Arkadiusz Milik]] (born 1994), footballer
*[[Szymon Żurkowski]] (born 1997), footballer
*[[Jakub Kiwior]] (born 2000), footballer
*[[Krzysztof Zamasz]] (born 1974), economist and professor

==Twin towns – sister cities==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Poland}}
Tychy is [[Sister city|twinned]] with:<ref>{{cite web |title=Miasta partnerskie|url=https://umtychy.pl/artykul/108/miasta-partnerskie|website=umtychy.pl|publisher=Tychy|language=pl|access-date=2020-03-11}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Cassino]], Italy
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Marzahn-Hellersdorf|Marzahn-Hellersdorf (Berlin)]], Germany
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Oberhausen]], Germany
<!--Huddinge - twinning ended-->

==Gallery==
[[File:Tychy panorama miasta od strony południowej.png|center|1000px|{{center|Panorama of Tychy}}]]

<gallery mode="packed">
File:Browarium Tyskie 47.JPG|Old railway building at the old brewery
File:Tychy, osiedle A. 14 Rok 2013..JPG|Osiedle A in Tychy, built in the 1950s
File:Tychy. Budynek ul. Damrota 41.JPG|Cooperative bank in the city centre
File:Tychy, Pomnik Generała Stefana Grota Roweckiego. (www.NOLTYCHY.pl) - panoramio.jpg|[[Stefan Rowecki]] monument
File:Hotel Piramida.jpg|Hotel Piramida
File:Tychy. Park Centralny (tzw łabędzi)2.JPG|Park Łabędzi
File:Tychy Jezioro Paprocańskie 1.jpg|Paprocany Lake
File:Paprocany Tyskie..JPG|Paprocany Lake
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[TTC Tychy]]

==References==
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<ref name="Opel-Media_2013-04-22">{{cite web 
| url = http://media.opel.com/media/intl/en/opel/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/intl/en/2013/opel/04-22-gm-purchases-remaining-shares-in-tychy-plant-opel.html 
| title = GM Purchases Remaining Shares in Tychy Plant 
| type = press release|date=2013-04-22|work=media.opel.com 
| access-date = 12 February 2014}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
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* [http://makropix.com/realizacje/tychy_rynek.php Makropix.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223035014/http://makropix.com/realizacje/tychy_rynek.php |date=2013-02-23 }}, 360° interactive view of a square in Old Tychy
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