Kolonia Fryderyk

Kolonia Fryderyk is a village in Gmina Gorzyce, Wodzisław County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 1,105 (2006). It lies approximately north-east of Gorzyce, south-west of Wodzisław Śląski, and south-west of the regional capital Katowice.
It was founded in 1911 as a coal mining settlement. Construction of the "Friedrich - Schacht" coal mine had begun in 1913 and it began operating for war purposes in 1916. It was closed in 1923.