Oświęcim County
Oświęcim County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.
- Powiat with 154,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 245 metres (804 feet)
- …is also known as “Powiat oswiecimski”
- Description: powiat of Poland
Places of Interest
Highlights include Auschwitz-Birkenau and Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’.
Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’
Historic building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oświęcim and Brzezinka.
Oświęcim County
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Latitude
50.038° or 50° 2′ 17″ north
Longitude
19.2277° or 19° 13′ 40″ east
Open location code
9F2X26QH+53
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Oświęcim County” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Oświęcim barrutia”
- Belarusian: “Асвенцімскі павет”
- Belarusian: “Асвянцімскі павет”
- Bulgarian: “Освиенцимски окръг”
- Bulgarian: “Ошвенчимски окръг”
- Catalan: “comtat d’Oświęcim”
- Cebuano: “Powiat oświęcimski”
- Chinese: “奧斯威辛縣”
- Czech: “Okres Osvětim”
- Czech: “Okres Oświęcim”
- Dutch: “Oświęcim”
- Dutch: “powiat Oswiecimski”
- Dutch: “Powiat Oświęcimski”
- Esperanto: “distrikto Oświęcim”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Oświęcim”
- Esperanto: “powiat oświęcimski”
- Estonian: “Oświęcimi maakond”
- Finnish: “Oświęcimin piirikunta”
- French: “Oświęcim”
- French: “powiat d’Auschwitz”
- French: “powiat d’Oświęcim”
- French: “Powiat d’Oświęcim”
- French: “powiat oświęcimski”
- Galician: “Condado de Oświęcim”
- German: “powiat oświęcimski”
- German: “Powiat Oświęcimski”
- Greek: “Πόβιατ Οσφιέντσιμ”
- Hebrew: “מחוז אושוויינצ’ים”
- Hungarian: “Oświęcim megye”
- Irish: “Contae Oświęcim”
- Italian: “distretto di Oswiecim”
- Italian: “distretto di Oświęcim”
- Italian: “Distretto di Oświęcim”
- Italian: “powiat oświęcimski”
- Japanese: “オシフィエンチム郡”
- Javanese: “Powiat Oświęcim”
- Korean: “오시비엥침군”
- Latvian: “Osvencimas apriņķis”
- Latvian: “Powiat oświęcimski”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oświęcim Kūn”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Oświęcimski Kūn”
- Persian: “شهرستان اوشوینچیم”
- Polish: “powiat oświęcimski”
- Polish: “Powiat oświęcimski”
- Portuguese: “condado de Oświęcim”
- Portuguese: “Condado de Oświęcim”
- Portuguese: “powiat oświęcimski”
- Romanian: “Districtul Oświęcim”
- Russian: “Освенцимский повет”
- Russian: “Освенцимский повят”
- Sardinian: “distretto de Oświęcim”
- Slovak: “Powiat oświęcimski”
- South Azerbaijani: “اوشوینچیم”
- Spanish: “condado de Oświęcim”
- Spanish: “Condado de Oświęcim”
- Spanish: “powiat oświęcimski”
- Swedish: “Oświęcim powiat”
- Turkish: “Oswiecim ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Oswiecim İlçesi”
- Turkish: “Oświęcim ilçesi”
- Turkish: “Oświęcim İlçesi”
- Turkish: “Oświęcim”
- Turkish: “Powiat Oswiecimski”
- Turkish: “Powiat Oświęcimski”
- Ukrainian: “Освенцимський повіт”
- Ukrainian: “Освенцімський повіт”
- Ukrainian: “Освєнцімський повіт”
- Ukrainian: “Осьвенцімський повіт”
- Vietnamese: “Oświęcimski”
- Waray (Philippines): “Oświęcim County”
- Waray (Philippines): “Oświęcim”
- Welsh: “Sir Oświęcim”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Klucznikowice and Stare Stawy.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Auschwitz I Concentration Camp (Main Camp) and Soła.
Małopolskie: Highlights
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