Knurów ([ˈknuruf] ⓘ; German: Knurow; Silesian: Knurōw) is a city near Katowice in Silesia, southern Poland.

[2] The town rapidly grew at the end of the 18th century as the Industrial Revolution came and vast coal reserves were found in the area.

Knurów and the present-day districts of Krywałd and Szczygłowice were invaded by Germany on September 1, 1939, the first day of the invasion of Poland and World War II.

[2] Already in early September 1939, German troops committed a massacre of four Poles in Szczygłowice (see Nazi crimes against the Polish nation).

[4] During the subsequent German occupation, the occupiers established and operated two forced labour subcamps (E75, E758) of the Stalag VIII-B/344 prisoner-of-war camp in the town.

[2] More recently, in May 2015, riots ensued in the town after a Concordia Knurów fan was shot dead by police during a football match.

[8] The town is home to Concordia Knurów, a lower league football club which was founded in 1923, and famously where Jerzy Dudek started his career.