Oświęcim Castle
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jacek Daczyński, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Medieval Polish Castle
- Also known as: “Zamek w Oswięcimiu”
- Address: Zamkowa 1, Oświęcim, 32-600
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jewish Center and Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Oświęcim.
Jewish Center
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Oświęcim
Church
Photo: Beemwej, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Oświęcim is situated 140 metres southeast of Oświęcim Castle.
Our Lady Help of Christians church in Oświęcim
Church
Photo: Daczor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Our Lady Help of Christians church in Oświęcim is situated 290 metres south of Oświęcim Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oświęcim and Babice.
Oświęcim
Photo: Lankhorst, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Babice
Village
Photo: D T G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Babice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
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.
Oświęcim Castle
- Categories: castle, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.0399° or 50° 2′ 24″ northLongitude
19.21937° or 19° 13′ 10″ eastOpen location code
9F2X26Q9+XPOpenStreetMap ID
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historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q9386704
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In Other Languages
From German to Vietnamese—“Oświęcim Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Burg Auschwitz”
- Korean: “오시비엥침성”
- Polish: “zamek w Oświęcimiu”
- Polish: “Zamek w Oświęcimiu”
- Polish: “zamek, ob. muzeum, Zamkowa 1, Oświęcim”
- Russian: “Освенцимский замок”
- Ukrainian: “Освенцимський замок”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài ở Oświęcim”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Synagoga Chewra Lomdei Misznajot and Urząd Gminy Oświęcim.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Oświęcim Castle”. Photo: Jacek Daczyński, CC BY-SA 4.0.