Małopolskie
Oświęcim County
Oświęcim

Harmęże

Harmęże 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 Harmęże.
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  • Type: Village with 613 residents
  • Description: village in Lesser Poland, Poland
  • Also known as: “Harmeze”

Places of Interest

Highlights include German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp Auschwitz II-Birkenau and Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’.

Museum
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Auschwitz, also known as Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. is situated 2½ km northeast of Harmęże.

Historic building
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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. is situated 3½ km east of Harmęże.

Historic building
Block 11 was the name of a brick building in , the Stammlager or main camp of the Auschwitz concentration camp network. This block was used for executions and torture. is situated 3½ km east of Harmęże.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pławy and Effects storage ‘Kanada II’.

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

Locality
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The Kanada warehouses, also known as Effektenlager or simply Kanada, were storage facilities in the in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust. is situated 2½ km northeast of Harmęże.

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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 and Brzezinka in southern Poland, some 60 km from .

Harmęże

Latitude
50.01824° or 50° 1′ 6″ north
Longitude
19.15352° or 19° 9′ 13″ east
Population
613
Elevation
236 metres (774 feet)
Open location code
9F2X2593+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 31902104
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
3098035
Wiki­data ID
Q2495583
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Harmęże” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Harmęże”
  • Cebuano: “Harmęże”
  • Chechen: “Гарменже”
  • Chinese: “Harmęże”
  • Czech: “Harmęże”
  • Dutch: “Harmęże”
  • French: “Harmęże”
  • German: “Harmense”
  • German: “Harmęże”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Harmęże”
  • Persian: “خارمنژه”
  • Polish: “Harmęże”
  • South Azerbaijani: “خارمنژه”
  • Tatar: “Гарменже”
  • Turkish: “Harmęże”
  • Ukrainian: “Гарменже”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kościół pw. Matki Bożej Niepokalanej w Harmężach and Ochotnicza Straż Pożarna w Harmężach.

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