Małopolskie
Oświęcim County
Oświęcim

Rajsko

Rajsko is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern Poland.
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  • Type: Village with 1,440 residents
  • Description: village in Gmina Oswiecim, Poland
  • Also known as: “Rajsko, Oświęcim County”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’ and Block 11 Inner prison ‘Block of death’.

Historic building
Photo: VbCrLf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Block 10 was a barrack at the Auschwitz concentration camp where men and women were used as experimental subjects for Nazi doctors. The experiments in Block 10 tested bodily reactions to various substances, ranging from no effect to sterilization.

Historic building
Block 11 was the name of a brick building in Auschwitz I, the Stammlager or main camp of the Auschwitz concentration camp network. This block was used for executions and torture.

Memorial
Photo: Superchilum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Osada Stawy Grojeckie and Pławy.

Hamlet
is a settlement in the administrative district of , within , , in southern Poland.

Village
Photo: D T G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern Poland. is situated 2½ km northwest of Rajsko.

Village
Photo: Bartek843, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern Poland. Marian Kołodziej's artwork, The Labyrinth, is displayed in the basement of St. Maximilian Kolbe Centre in . is situated 3 km west of Rajsko.

Rajsko

Latitude
50.00929° or 50° 0′ 33″ north
Longitude
19.19097° or 19° 11′ 28″ east
Population
1,440
Elevation
239 metres (784 feet)
Open location code
9F2X255R+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31900625
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3087391
Wiki­data ID
Q7286447
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Rajsko” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Rajsko”
  • Cebuano: “Rajsko”
  • Chechen: “Райско (Освенцимскан повет)”
  • Chechen: “Райско”
  • Chinese: “Rajsko”
  • Czech: “Rajsko”
  • French: “Rajsko”
  • German: “Raisko”
  • German: “Rajsko”
  • Greek: “Ράισκο”
  • Indonesian: “Rajsko, County Oświęcim”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rajsko (Oświęcim Kūn)”
  • Polish: “Rajsko”
  • Tatar: “Райско (Освенцимский повяты)”
  • Tatar: “Райско”
  • Turkish: “Rajsko”
  • Ukrainian: “Райсько”

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