Oświęcim is 30 km2, of which forests comprise only 1%. The neighbouring boroughs (gmina) are Chelmek, Libiąż, and the gmina of Oświęcim. Oświęcim has...
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duchy was being sold it consisted of: two towns (Oświęcim and Kęty), two ducal castles (in Oświęcim and Wołek) and 45 villages: Bielany, Łęki, Babice...
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Helena of Oświęcim (Polish: Helena Oświęcimska; 1478/80 – after 1524), was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast from the Oświęcim branch and...
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Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas...
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Jan II of Oświęcim (Polish: Jan II oświęcimski; c. 1330 – 19 February 1376) was a Duke of Oświęcim since 1372 until his death. He was the only known son...
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Casimir I of Oświęcim (Polish: Kazimierz I Oświęcimski) (1396 – 7 April 1434) was a Duke of Oświęcim since 1406 (under regency until 1414), ruler over...
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Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum (redirect from Państwowe Muzeum Oświęcim-Brzezinka)
museum on the site of the Nazi German Auschwitz concentration camp in Oświęcim, Poland. The site includes the main concentration camp at Auschwitz I and...
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south of Oświęcim, Brzeszcze, 9 km (6 mi) south-west of Oświęcim, Chełmek, 8 km (5 mi) north of Oświęcim, and Zator, 16 km (10 mi) east of Oświęcim. The county...
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congregation in Oświęcim dates from 1588, when the congregation was probably established. Archival documents suggest that a townsman from Oświęcim, Jan Piotraszewski...
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Kleuger, the last native Jew of Oświęcim, died in 2000. His death in 2000 brought to an end the old Jewish community of Oświęcim. At the time of the Nazi invasion...
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