Oświęcim

E26048
municipality town

Oświęcim is a town in southern Poland best known internationally as the location of the former Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp from World War II.

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Surface form Occurrences
Oświęcim railway station 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
town ⓘ
areaCode +48 33 ⓘ
carPlatesCode KOS ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
firstMentioned 12th century ⓘ
germanName AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz
grantedTownRights 13th century ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution State Higher Vocational School in Oświęcim ⓘ
hasHeritageSite AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum
hasMuseum AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
hasRailwayStation Oświęcim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Oświęcim railway station
hasReligiousBuilding Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Oświęcim ⓘ
St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Oświęcim ⓘ
hasSportsClub Soła Oświęcim ⓘ
Unia Oświęcim ice hockey club ⓘ
heritageDesignation AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Auschwitz-Birkenau)
historicalRegion Lesser Poland ⓘ
historicalStatus capital of the Duchy of Oświęcim ⓘ
royal town of the Polish Crown ⓘ
isSeatOf Gmina Oświęcim ⓘ
Oświęcim County ⓘ
knownFor AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp

AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp
locatedIn southern Poland ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ
Oświęcim County ⓘ
locatedNear Katowice ⓘ
Kraków ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Soła River ⓘ
partOf AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum area
population approximately 38000 ⓘ
postalCode 32-600 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
twinTown Chorley ⓘ
Groningen ⓘ
Haarlem NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kerpen ⓘ
Ludwigshafen am Rhein ⓘ
Mödling ⓘ
Oswiecim, Israel (Kfar HaOrenim) – note: symbolic partnership ⓘ
Sant Martí de Tous ⓘ
voivodeshipCapitalFrom 1315 ⓘ
voivodeshipCapitalUntil 1564 ⓘ
yiddishName Oshpitsin ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oświęcim → hasRailwayStation → Oświęcim self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oświęcim railway station
Lesser Poland → majorCity → Oświęcim ⓘ