Plac Księdza Jana Skarbka

Plac Księdza Jana Skarbka is a square in Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie. Plac Księdza Jana Skarbka is situated nearby to the synagogue Synagoga Chewra Lomdei Misznajot, as well as near the church Sala Królestwa Świadków Jehowy.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jewish Center and Oświęcim Castle.

Jewish Center

Museum

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The Auschwitz Jewish Center is a non-governmental organization whose mission is to preserve the memory of the Jewish community of the city of Oświęcim and educate about the dangers of anti-Semitism, racism and other prejudices and intolerance.

Oświęcim Castle

Museum

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Oświęcim Castle is a castle raised in the Medieval Ages on the top of a hill, on the right bank of the River Soła in Oświęcim. The castle comprises a thirteenth-century early-Gothic defence tower covered by a roof, a two-floor building built around a courtyard and additional connections between the wings built in 1929–31. Oświęcim Castle is situated 100 metres west of Plac Księdza Jana Skarbka.

Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Oświęcim

Church

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oświęcim and Babice.

Oświęcim

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Oświęcim is a town in Małopolskie Province in southern Poland, 60 km west of Kraków. It's better known by its German name of Auschwitz, and from 1940 to 1945 over a million people, mostly Jews, were slain in the nearby camps.