temporarily to Hindenberg (Zabrze) before emigrating to the United States in July 1938. The individual, who had purchased Seidenhaus Weichmann in 1936, never saw a profit, as the economic strain of WWII severely reduced the market demand for nonessentials, which included the fine imported silks of sold by Seidenhaus Weichmann. Then in 1943, the purchaser of Seidenhaus was killed in an Allied bombing raid, which marked the end of Seidenhaus Weichmann. Higher education and science Gliwice is a major applied science hub for the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union. Gliwice is a seat of: Silesian University of Technology with about 32,000 students (Politechnika Śląska) Akademia Polonijna of Częstochowa, branch in Gliwice Gliwice College of Entrepreneurship (Gliwicka Wyższa Szkoła Przedsiębiorczości) Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk) Institute of Theoretical And Applied Informatics Institute of Chemical Engineering Carbochemistry branch Other (commercial or government funded) applied research centers: Oncological Research Center (Centrum Onkologii) Inorganic Chemistry Research Institute (Instytut Chemii Nieorganicznej) Research Institute of Refractory Materials (Instytut Materiałów Ogniotrwałych) Research Institute for Non-Ferrous Metals (Instytut Metali Nieżelaznych) Research Institute for Ferrous Metallurgy () Welding Research Institute (Instytut Spawalnictwa) Transport The Polish north–south A1 and east–west A4 motorways, which are parts of the European routes E75 and E40, respectively, run through Gliwice, and their junction is located in the city. In addition the Polish National roads 78 and 88 also run through the city. Water transport The Gliwice Canal (Kanał Gliwicki) links the harbour to the Oder River and thus to the waterway network across much of Germany and to the Baltic Sea. There is also an older Kłodnica Canal (Kanał Kłodnicki) which is no longer operational. Sports Piast Gliwice – men's football team playing in the Ekstraklasa (since season 2008–09), 2019 Polish champions and 2016 runner–ups Carbo Gliwice – men's football team Sośnica Gliwice – women's handball team playing in Polish Ekstraklasa Women's Handball League: 10th place in 2003/2004 season Gliwickie Towarzystwo Koszykówki – men's basketball team P.A. Nova Gliwice – men's futsal team playing in 1st league (4 times Champion of Poland) Gliwice Cricket Club K.S. Kodokan Gliwice – martial arts team and club Gliwice LIONS – American Football team Politics The city's President (i.e. Mayor) is Adam Neumann. He succeeded Zygmunt Frankiewicz who was mayor for 26 years (1993–2019) before being elected as a Polish Senator. Gliwice has 21 city districts, each of them with its own Rada Osiedlowa. They include, in