Oświęcim

Oświęcim straddles the Soła River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, a position that long placed it on routes between Kraków and Upper Silesia. The town’s name is inseparable from the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, which preserves the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp complex and has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979. Beyond this essential place of remembrance, Oświęcim has a market square and a historic castle above the Soła. The nearby Vistula valley places the town within southern Poland’s broad river corridor. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of Lesser Poland connects regionally.

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