Oświęcim County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998.
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The Auschwitz concentration camp was a complex of over 40 concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II and the Holocaust.
Learn more Book this experienceBegin your journey from the Warsaw Central Train Station to Krakow via a scenic train ride of 2.5 hours. Upon arrival, a driver holding a sign bearing your name will be there to greet you. From there, you'll set off on a 1.5-hour drive to the starting point of a tour of Auschwitz Birkenau. A well-informed guide will help you explore the historic site of the former Nazi concentration camp. Look at barracks, guard towers, cremation sites, and visit Auschwitz I, a political prison, and Auschwitz II-Birkenau, a site where the Jews were executed. Spend approximately 2 hours at the first camp and about 1 hour at the second. After the visit, you’ll be escorted back to Krakow and explore the city at your own pace.
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Pszczyna is a town in southern Poland with 25,823 inhabitants within the immediate gmina. The town is in the Silesian Voivodeship. It was a part of Katowice Voivodeship from 1975 until administrative reform in 1998.
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Kozy is a large village with a population of 12,457 within Bielsko County, located in the historical and geographical south-west region of Lesser Poland, between Kęty and Bielsko-Biała, and about 65 kilometres south-west of Kraków and south of Katowice.
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Katowice is a city in southern Poland, the capital city of the Silesian Region, and a center of the Upper Silesia and Dąbrowa Basin Metropolis. With the population of 292,774, it is the eleventh-largest city in Poland. The wider Katowice urban area has the population of approximately 2 to 3 million people.
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Parkowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rogoźno, within Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
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Strumień is a town and the seat of Gmina Strumień, in Cieszyn County, in the Silesian Voivodeship of southern Poland, on the Vistula River.
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Żywiec is a town in south-central Poland with 31,194 inhabitants. Between 1975 and 1998, it was located within the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship, but has since become part of the Silesian Voivodeship.
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Szczyrk is a town in the Beskid Śląski mountains of southern Poland, situated in the valley of the Żylica river. It is part of the Silesian Voivodeship, previously being part of the Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship. It has a population of 5,734 people.
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Stryszawa is a village, the seat of the administrative district of Gmina Stryszawa, within Sucha County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
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Zawoja is a village in Southern Poland located close to Maków Podhalański. It is situated in Sucha County. With neighbouring village of Skawica it constitutes a rural Zawoja Commune.
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Wisła is a town in Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, with a population of about 11,132, near the border with Czech Republic. It is situated in the Silesian Beskids mountain range in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. Wisła is the Polish name for the Vistula River, which has its source in the mountains near the town. It is the only town in Poland with a majority Protestant population. Wisła is a popular year-round tourist destination, being home to Malinka, a ski jumping hill. It is also known for being the home town of ski jumper Adam Małysz.
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