Auschwitz Birkenau
Also known as Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945), Au., Auschwitz, Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration and Extermination Camp, Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Birkenau, Konzentrationslager Auschwitz, KZ Auschwitz, Obóz Koncentracyjny Auschwitz, Oświęcim
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (vi).
Region
Europe and North America
Poland
Inscribed
1979
Area
192 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Auschwitz Birkenau is about 25 km south-east of Katowice. The nearest other World Heritage site is Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, about 40 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Katowice · about 2,746,000 peopleabout 25 km north-west
- Bytom · about 662,000 peopleabout 40 km north-west
- Gliwice · about 508,000 peopleabout 50 km north-west
- Kraków · about 756,000 peopleabout 55 km east
- Ostrava · about 479,000 peopleabout 70 km west
- Žilina · about 88,000 peopleabout 95 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
PolandCultural40 km away
PolandCultural51 km away
PolandCultural54 km away
PolandCultural64 km away
SlovakiaCultural82 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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