Birkenau Ash Pond
Birkenau Ash Pond is in Oświęcim, Małopolskie. Birkenau Ash Pond is situated nearby to the ruins Gas chamber/Crematorium IV, as well as near 5.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Auschwitz-Birkenau and Gas chamber/Crematorium IV.
Auschwitz-Birkenau
Photo: Lankhorst, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Auschwitz-Birkenau is the generic name given to the cluster of concentration, labour and extermination camps established by the Nazis during the Second World War and located near the towns of Oświęcim and Brzezinka in southern Poland, some 60 km from Kraków.
Gas chamber/Crematorium IV
Ruins
Photo: Diether, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gas chamber/Crematorium IV is a ruins.
Bath/Disinfestation facility ‘Sauna’
Historic building
Photo: Pimke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bath/Disinfestation facility ‘Sauna’ is a historic building, which is situated 220 metres southwest of Birkenau Ash Pond.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Effects storage ‘Kanada II’ and Brzezinka.
Effects storage ‘Kanada II’
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Kanada warehouses, also known as Effektenlager or simply Kanada, were storage facilities in the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust.
Brzezinka
Village
Photo: D T G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brzezinka is a village in southern Poland, about 3 kilometres from Oświęcim, in the district of Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.
Pławy
Village
Photo: D T G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pławy is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Birkenau Ash Pond
- Type: Body of water (intermittent)
- Location: Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.04054° or 50° 2′ 26″ northLongitude
19.16905° or 19° 10′ 9″ eastOpen location code
9F2X25R9+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 1340106493OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=basinOpenStreetMap attribute
intermittent=yes
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