Tarnowskie Góry Mine
Also known as Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iv).
Region
Europe and North America
Poland
Inscribed
2017
Area
1,673 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Tarnowskie Góry Mine is about 11 km north of Bytom. The nearest other World Heritage site is Auschwitz Birkenau, about 50 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Bytom · about 662,000 peopleabout 11 km south
- Gliwice · about 508,000 peopleabout 18 km south-west
- Katowice · about 2,746,000 peopleabout 25 km south-east
- Opole · about 131,000 peopleabout 70 km west
- Ostrava · about 479,000 peopleabout 80 km south-west
- Kraków · about 756,000 peopleabout 90 km south-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
PolandCultural51 km away
PolandCultural87 km away
PolandCultural88 km away
PolandCultural101 km away
SlovakiaCultural133 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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