Oświęcim
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Oświęcim (help·info) (pronunciation: [ʔoɕˈfʲeɲʨiːm]) (German: Auschwitz, Yiddish Oshpitizin אָשְׁפִּיצִין, Romany: Aushvitsa, Osvyenchim, Czech: Osvětim, Slovak: Osvienčim, Bulgarian and Russian: Освенцим) is a town in southern Poland with about 43,000 inhabitants (2001), situated some 50 km west of Kraków in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship (1975-1998).
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oświęcim
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 50°2'2"N 19°15'23"E
- Jaworzno 26 km
- Katowice 39 km
- Dąbrowa Górnicza 47 km
- Rybnik 60 km
- Gliwice 63 km
- Ostrava 84 km
- Kędzierzyn-Koźle 92 km
- Opava 105 km
- Opole 130 km
- Zlín 147 km
- MOSiR Ice Hockey Rink (Home of Union Oświęcim Team) 0.3 km
- Chemików, 1/75 A 1 km
- Plantpol Nursery Greenhouses 1 km
- Ruins 1.5 km
- Dwory S.A. Chemical Works (former I.G. Farben Buna Werke) 1.5 km
- Electrical Substation 2 km
- Monowitz Osiedle (district) 2.5 km
- Lager IV "Auschwitz III" / "Monowitz-Dorfrand" / "Buna" WWII German Nazi Labor Camp 2.6 km
- "Oxbow" Marshes 5.1 km
- "Oxbow" Pond 6 km
MOSiR Ice Hockey Rink (Home of Union Oświęcim Team)
Chemików, 1/75 A
Plantpol Nursery Greenhouses
Ruins
Dwory S.A. Chemical Works (former I.G. Farben Buna Werke)
Electrical Substation
Monowitz Osiedle (district)
Lager IV "Auschwitz III" / "Monowitz-Dorfrand" / "Buna" WWII German Nazi Labor Camp
"Oxbow" Marshes
"Oxbow" Pond