Brzeszcze
Brzeszcze is a town in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, near Oświęcim. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 10,935.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 11,000 residents
- Description: city of Poland
- Also known as: “Bresha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Saint Martin in Jawiszowice and Saint Barbara church in Góra.
Church of Saint Martin in Jawiszowice
Church
Church of Saint Martin in Jawiszowice is situated 2½ km south of Brzeszcze.
Saint Barbara church in Góra
Church
Photo: Olerys, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint Barbara church in Góra is situated 3 km west of Brzeszcze.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harmęże and 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 4 km north of Brzeszcze.
Rajsko
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Rajsko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Rajsko is situated 4½ km northeast of Brzeszcze.
Zasole Bielańskie
Village
Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
Zasole Bielańskie is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wilamowice, within Bielsko County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It lies approximately 2 km east of Wilamowice, 12 km north-east of Bielsko-Biała, and 39 km south of Katowice, the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship. Zasole Bielańskie is situated 5 km southeast of Brzeszcze.
Brzeszcze
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Gmina Brzeszcze, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.98159° or 49° 58′ 54″ northLongitude
19.14782° or 19° 8′ 52″ eastPopulation
11,000Elevation
252 metres (827 feet)United Nations Location Code
PL BZCOpen location code
8FXXX4JX+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 1854936792OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Brzeszcze” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Brzeszcze”
- Belarusian: “Бжэшчы”
- Belarusian: “Бжэшчэ”
- Belarusian: “Горад Бжэшчы”
- Bulgarian: “Бжешче”
- Catalan: “Brzeszcze”
- Cebuano: “Brzeszcze”
- Chechen: “Бжеще”
- Chinese: “布热什切”
- Chinese: “布熱什切”
- Czech: “Brzeszcze”
- Danish: “Brzeszcze”
- Dutch: “Brzeszcze (plaats)”
- Dutch: “Brzeszcze”
- Esperanto: “Brzeszcze”
- Estonian: “Brzeszcze”
- French: “Brzeszcze”
- German: “Birkental”
- German: “Brzeszcze”
- Greek: “Μπζέστσε”
- Indonesian: “Brzeszcze”
- Irish: “Brzeszcze”
- Italian: “Brzeszcze”
- Japanese: “ブジェシュチェ”
- Javanese: “Brzeszcze”
- Latvian: “Brzeszcze”
- Latvian: “Bžešče”
- Lithuanian: “Bžeščės”
- Macedonian: “Бжешче”
- Malay: “Brzeszcze”
- Polish: “Brzeszcze”
- Portuguese: “Brzeszcze”
- Romanian: “Brzeszcze”
- Russian: “Бжеще”
- Serbian: “Brzeszcze”
- Serbian: “Bžešče”
- Serbian: “Бжешче”
- Silesian: “Brzeszcze”
- Slovak: “Brzeszcze”
- Spanish: “Brzeszcze”
- Swedish: “Brzeszcze”
- Tatar: “Бжечче”
- Turkish: “Brzeszcze”
- Ukrainian: “Бжеще”
- Urdu: “برزسزکزے”
- Vietnamese: “Brzeszcze”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Urząd Gminy Brzeszcze and Kościół pw. Świętego Urbana w Brzeszczach.
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