Poręba Wielka

Poręba Wielka is a village in the administrative district of , in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 1,860 residents
  • Description: village in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
  • Also known as: “Poręba”, “Poreba Wielka”, and “Poręba Wielka, Oświęcim County”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Bartholomew church in Poręba Wielka and Dwory.

Church
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Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 4 km north of Poręba Wielka.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 4 km north of Poręba Wielka.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Auschwitz III (Monowitz) and Łazy.

Locality
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Monowitz was a Nazi concentration camp and labor camp run by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland from 1942 to 1945, during World War II and the Holocaust. For most of its existence, Monowitz was a subcamp of the ; from November 1943 it and other Nazi subcamps in the area were jointly known as "Auschwitz III-subcamps".

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern Poland. is situated 3 km southwest of Poręba Wielka.

Village
Photo: D T G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in southern Poland. is situated 3 km west of Poręba Wielka.

Poręba Wielka

Latitude
50.01036° or 50° 0′ 37″ north
Longitude
19.28217° or 19° 16′ 56″ east
Population
1,860
Elevation
242 metres (794 feet)
Open location code
9F2X276J+4V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 600007431
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3088268
Wiki­data ID
Q7232910
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Poręba Wielka” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Poręba Wielka”
  • Cebuano: “Poręba Wielka”
  • Chechen: “Поремба-Велика (Освенцимскан повет)”
  • Chechen: “Поремба-Велика”
  • Chinese: “Poręba Wielka”
  • Czech: “Poręba Wielka”
  • French: “Poręba Wielka”
  • German: “Poręba Wielka”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Poręba Wielka (Oświęcim Kūn)”
  • Polish: “Poręba Wielka”
  • Slovak: “Poręba Wielka”
  • Tatar: “Поремба-Велика (Освенцимский повяты)”
  • Tatar: “Поремба-Велика”
  • Turkish: “Poręba Wielka”
  • Ukrainian: “Поремба-Велика”
  • “Poręba Wielka”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ochotnicza Straż Pożarna w Porębie Wielkiej and Staw Księży.

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