Oświęcim is 30 km2, of which forests comprise only 1%. The neighbouring boroughs (gmina) are Chelmek, Libiąż, and the gmina of Oświęcim. Oświęcim has...

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...

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...

Holocaust. It consisted of Auschwitz I, the main camp (Stammlager) in Oświęcim; Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a concentration and extermination camp with gas...

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...

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...

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...

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...

congregation in Oświęcim dates from 1588, when the congregation was probably established. Archival documents suggest that a townsman from Oświęcim, Jan Piotraszewski...

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...