Żyłka
Żyłka is a village in Narol, Lubaczów County, Podkarpackie. Żyłka is situated nearby to the village Szalenik, as well as near the locality Jacuchy.Places of Interest
Highlights include Belzec extermination camp and Belzec Memorial Museum.
Belzec extermination camp
Memorial
Photo: Yarek shalom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belzec was a Nazi German extermination camp in occupied Poland. It was built by the SS for the purpose of implementing the secretive Operation Reinhard, the plan to murder all Polish Jews, a major part of the "Final Solution", the overall Nazi effort to complete the genocide of all European Jews. Belzec extermination camp is situated 2½ km southwest of Żyłka.
Belzec Memorial Museum
Museum
Photo: Lysy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bełżec Museum and Memorial Site, also known as Museum – Memorial Site in Bełżec is a memorial complex and martyrology museum located on the grounds of the former German Nazi Belzec extermination camp, commemorating approximately 450,000 Jews from Poland and other European countries who were killed there between 1942 and 1943. Belzec Memorial Museum is situated 2½ km southwest of Żyłka.
Bełżec Station
Railway station
Photo: Janusz J., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bełżec Station is a railway station, which is situated 3 km west of Żyłka.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Smoliska and Sołokija.
Smoliska
Hamlet
Smoliska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bełżec, within Tomaszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Smoliska is situated 3 km southwest of Żyłka.
Sołokija
Hamlet
Sołokija is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Tomaszów Lubelski, within Tomaszów County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. Sołokija is situated 3 km northwest of Żyłka.
Bełżec
Photo: Janusz J., CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bełżec is a village in eastern Poland in the Lublin voivodeship. It is mainly known for the Bełżec extermination camp; see Holocaust remembrance.
Żyłka
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Narol, Lubaczów County, Podkarpackie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.38612° or 50° 23′ 10″ northLongitude
23.48633° or 23° 29′ 11″ eastOpen location code
9G259FPP+CGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1837516745OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
Discover Żyłka from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
“Żyłka” goes by many names.
- Ukrainian: “Жилка”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Szalenik and Jacuchy.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kaplica pw. Najświętszej Maryi Panny Częstochowskiej w Żyłce and Kamienna Góra.
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