Żwirownia Brzeszcze
Żwirownia Brzeszcze is a quarry in Gmina Brzeszcze, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie. Żwirownia Brzeszcze is situated nearby to the village Rajsko, as well as near the hamlet Osada Stawy Grojeckie.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Block 10 Medical ‘Experiments’ and Block 11 Inner prison ‘Block of death’.
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 10 Medical ‘Experiments’ is situated 3½ km northeast of Żwirownia Brzeszcze.
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. Block 11 Inner prison ‘Block of death’ is situated 3½ km northeast of Żwirownia Brzeszcze.
German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I)
Museum
Photo: Dnalor 01, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
Auschwitz, also known as Oświęcim, was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust. German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I) is situated 4 km northeast of Żwirownia Brzeszcze.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rajsko and Osada Stawy Grojeckie.
Rajsko
Village
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Rajsko is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Osada Stawy Grojeckie
Hamlet
Osada Stawy Grojeckie is a settlement in the administrative district of Gmina Oświęcim, within Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Osada Stawy Grojeckie is situated 2½ km east of Żwirownia Brzeszcze.
Brzeszcze
Town
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Brzeszcze is a town in Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland, near Oświęcim. As of December 2021, the town has a population of 10,935. Brzeszcze is situated 2½ km southwest of Żwirownia Brzeszcze.
Żwirownia Brzeszcze
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Gmina Brzeszcze, Oświęcim County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
49.99741° or 49° 59′ 51″ northLongitude
19.1769° or 19° 10′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8FXXX5WG+XQOpenStreetMap ID
way 432928092OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Notable Places Nearby
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