Business School) Śląska Wyższa Szkoła Informatyki (Silesian Higher School of Information Technology) Numerous general and technical high schools The nearby cities of Katowice and Gliwice are far larger academic centers than Chorzów. Silesian Central Park and nature The nationally known Silesian Central Park covers about 30% of the city area and features: Silesian Zoological Garden Stadion Śląski, the largest sports stadium in Poland Planetarium and Astronomical Observatory A large rose-exhibition garden (7 hectares, 385 varieties of roses) Legendia Theme Park Upper Silesian Ethnographic Park International Exhibition Grounds A swimming-pool complex A water sports center A tennis court complex Green areas Chorzów also features other notable nature areas, including: nature-landscape protected area "Żabie Doły" (at the border with Bytom and Piekary Śląskie), nature-landscape protected area of "Uroczysko Buczyna" (at the border with Katowice and Ruda Śląska), aquatic complex "Amelung". Sports Clubs: Ruch Chorzów – a men's football team (14 time national champion, 3-time winner of the Polish Cup), and female handball team (9 time national champion). Alba Echo Chorzów – men's Basketball team (2nd division) SCS Sokół Chorzów – women's volleyball team (B division, 6th place in 2003/2004) Clearex Chorzów – 5-player football team (Polish Cup winner, 1st division, 2nd in 2003/2004) Historically notable is the former club AKS Chorzów. Stadion Śląski is a former home stadium for the Poland national football team, and used for international football games and other events (for example, it has held the Speedway World Championships four times, with the 1973 World Final attracting over 120,000 spectators, the world record attendance for Motorcycle speedway). The stadium also hosts large music concerts. Throughout its history it featured such artists and groups as The Rolling Stones, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, U2, Iron Maiden, Linkin Park, Pearl Jam, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Genesis and The Police. Notable people Born in Chorzów Kurt Alder (1902–1958), German chemist, Nobel Prize in chemistry Reinhard Appel (1927–2011), German journalist and television presenter Gerard Cieślik (1927–2013), Polish footballer Marcin Dylla (born 1976), Polish classical guitarist Jakub Dziółka (born 1980), Polish former footballer August Froehlich (1891–1942), German Roman Catholic priest, member of the resistance against Nazism and martyr Karolina Gluck, Polish victim of the 7/7 Bombing in London on 7 July 2005 (killed on the Number 30 bus at Tavistock Square) George Golla (born 1935), Australian jazz musician Monika Hojnisz (born 1991), biathlete Szymon Kapias (born 1984), Polish footballer Theodor Kotulla (1928–2001), German film