Church of St. Maximilian Kolbe
Church of St. Maximilian Kolbe is a church in Oświęcim County, Małopolskie which is located on Plac Świętego Maksymiliana Męczennika. Church of St. Maximilian Kolbe is situated nearby to the movie theater Nasze Kino, as well as near the community center Oświęcimskie Centrum Kultury.Photo: D T G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church in Oświęcim, Poland
- Also known as: “Kościół pw. Świętego Maksymiliana Marii Kolbego”
- Address: Plac Świętego Maksymiliana Męczennika 2, Oświęcim, 32-600
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jewish Center and Oświęcim Castle.
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. Jewish Center is situated 1¼ km west of Church of St. Maximilian Kolbe.
Oświęcim Castle
Museum
Photo: Jacek Daczyński, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 1½ km west of Church of St. Maximilian Kolbe.
Kościół pw. Matki Bożej Bolesnej
Church
Photo: Jacek Daczyński, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kościół pw. Matki Bożej Bolesnej is a church, which is situated 1 km west of Church of St. Maximilian Kolbe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oświęcim and Zaborze.
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.
Zaborze
Village
Photo: D T G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Zaborze is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
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. Babice is situated 3 km northwest of Church of St. Maximilian Kolbe.
Church of St. Maximilian Kolbe
- Categories: parish church, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.03612° or 50° 2′ 10″ northLongitude
19.238° or 19° 14′ 17″ eastOpen location code
9F2X26PQ+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 268180833OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q107033611
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In Other Languages
“Church of St. Maximilian Kolbe” goes by many names.
- Polish: “Kościół św. Maksymiliana Męczennika w Oświęcimiu”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nasze Kino and Oświęcimskie Centrum Kultury.
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