Rajsko
Rajsko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
- Type: Village with 1,440 residents
- Description: village in Gmina Oswiecim, Poland
- Also known as: “Rajsko, Oświęcim County”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Auschwitz-Birkenau and Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’.
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Photo: Lankhorst, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Auschwitz-Birkenau is the generic name given to the cluster of concentration, labour and extermination camps established by the Nazis during the Second World War and located near the towns of Oświęcim and Brzezinka in southern Poland, some 60 km from Kraków.
Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’
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.
Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’
Historic building
Photo: Fallaner, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Block 24 ‘House of Dolls’ is a historic building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Osada Stawy Grojeckie and Pławy.
Osada Stawy Grojeckie
Hamlet
Osada Stawy Grojeckie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Pławy
Village
Photo: D T G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pławy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Pławy is situated 2½ km northwest of Rajsko.
Harmęże
Village
Photo: Bartek843, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harmęże is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Marian Kołodziej's artwork, The Labyrinth, is displayed in the basement of St. Maximilian Kolbe Centre in Harmęże. Harmęże is situated 3 km west of Rajsko.
Rajsko
- Categories: village of Poland and locality
- Location: Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.00929° or 50° 0′ 33″ northLongitude
19.19097° or 19° 11′ 28″ eastPopulation
1,440Elevation
239 metres (784 feet)Open location code
9F2X255R+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 31900625OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3087391Wikidata 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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