Gmina Polanka Wielka
Gmina Polanka Wielka is a rural gmina in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Polanka Wielka, which lies approximately 10 kilometres south-east of Oświęcim and 46 km west of the regional capital Kraków.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Bartholomew church in Poręba Wielka and Saint John the Baptist church in Przeciszów.
Saint Bartholomew church in Poręba Wielka
Church
Saint Bartholomew church in Poręba Wielka is situated 4 km northwest of Gmina Polanka Wielka.
Saint John the Baptist church in Przeciszów
Church
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Saint John the Baptist church in Przeciszów is situated 4 km northeast of Gmina Polanka Wielka.
Włosienica train stop
Railway stop
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Włosienica train stop is a railway stop, which is situated 4 km north of Gmina Polanka Wielka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Polanka Wielka and Przeciszów.
Polanka Wielka
Village
Polanka Wielka is a village in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Polanka Wielka. It lies approximately 10 kilometres south-east of Oświęcim and 46 km west of the regional capital Kraków.
Przeciszów
Village
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Przeciszów is a village in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Przeciszów. Przeciszów is situated 4 km northeast of Gmina Polanka Wielka.
Auschwitz III (Monowitz)
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 Auschwitz concentration camp; from November 1943 it and other Nazi subcamps in the area were jointly known as "Auschwitz III-subcamps". Auschwitz III (Monowitz) is situated 5 km northwest of Gmina Polanka Wielka.
Gmina Polanka Wielka
- Type: Locality with 4,310 residents
- Description: rural gmina of Poland
- Category: rural municipality of Poland
- Location: Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Gmina Polanka Wielka” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Polanka Wielka udalerria”
- Belarusian: “Гміна Палянка Велька”
- Belarusian: “Палянка Велька”
- Cebuano: “Polanka Wielka (munisipyo)”
- Cebuano: “Polanka Wielka”
- Chinese: “Polanka Wielka Kong-siā”
- Dutch: “Polanka Wielka”
- French: “Polanka Wielka”
- German: “Gmina Polanka Wielka”
- Italian: “Polanka Wielka”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Polanka Wielka”
- Persian: “پولانکا ویلکا”
- Persian: “گمینا پولانکا ویلکا”
- Persian: “گمینای پولانکا ویلکا”
- Polish: “gmina Polanka Wielka”
- Polish: “Polanka Wielka”
- Portuguese: “Comuna de Polanka Wielka”
- Russian: “Полянка-Велька”
- Slovak: “Gmina Polanka Wielka”
- South Azerbaijani: “قمینا پولانکا ویلکا”
- Swedish: “Polanka Wielka kommun”
- Turkish: “Polanka Wielka”
- Ukrainian: “Ґміна Полянка-Велька”
- Ukrainian: “Полянка-Велька”
- Waray (Philippines): “Gmina Polanka Wielka”
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Highlights include Monowitz concentration camp and Trzebieńczyce.
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