Łęg Błonie
Łęg Błonie is a nature reserve in Oświęcim, Małopolskie. Łęg Błonie is situated nearby to the neighborhood Osiedle Błonie, as well as near Klucznikowice.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Auschwitz-Birkenau and Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’.
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.
Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’
Historic building
Photo: VbCrLf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Block 10 was a barrack at the Auschwitz concentration camp where men and women were used as experimental subjects for Nazi doctors. The experiments in Block 10 tested bodily reactions to various substances, ranging from no effect to sterilization.
Block 11 Inner prison ‘Block of death’
Historic building
Block 11 was the name of a brick building in Auschwitz I, the Stammlager or main camp of the Auschwitz concentration camp network. This block was used for executions and torture.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oświęcim and Brzezinka.
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.
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.
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.
Łęg Błonie
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.0447° or 50° 2′ 41″ northLongitude
19.219° or 19° 13′ 9″ eastOpen location code
9F2X26V9+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 423711909OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Osiedle Błonie and Klucznikowice.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Urząd Gminy Oświęcim and Powiatowy Inspektorat Weterynarii.
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