Familok

Familok is a type of multi-family house, originally designed for workers of industries and their families, mainly coal miners.

"Familok" is a Silesian way of pronouncing the original German name, Familien-Block (lit.

In several towns, they are protected by conservationists and renovated due to their historical significance.

Protected familoks include those in Nikiszowiec of Katowice, Kolonia Zgorzelec in Bytom, Kolonia Emma in Radlin, Ruda Śląska, cities situated in Silesia, and those situated in the Karviná District of Bohumin, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic, on the border with Silesia.

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