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Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Oświęcim

Hiking loop from Oświęcim

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Poland

Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Oświęcim

Hiking loop from Oświęcim

Moderate

4.6

(35)

407

hikers

Hiking loop from Oświęcim

04:14

16.7km

40m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 29, 2026

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After 10.4 km for 769 m

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Start point

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339 m

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Highlight • Religious Site

Church of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Oświęcim - the church located north of the old town square on the east-west axis. It is visible at the entrance …

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5.59 km

Gate of Death, Auschwitz II–Birkenau

Highlight • Historical Site

Anyone who ever came to the former Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp surrounded by a barbed wire fence had to first pass through the main entrance gate known as the "Gate …

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6.44 km

Ruins of Crematorium III, Auschwitz-Birkenau

Highlight • Historical Site

After Himmler's second visit to the camps in mid-July 1942, when he assessed the efficiency of the provisional gas chambers as insufficient, a plan was developed to create extermination facilities on a scale never seen before.

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6.51 km

International Monument to the Victims of Auschwitz–Birkenau

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On April 16, 1967, the International Monument to the Camp Victims was unveiled at the site of the former German KL Auschwitz II-Birkenau. It commemorates at least 1.1 million people, …

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7.39 km

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

Tickets are free and are collected at the ticket office, in front of the entrance to the Auschwitz I Museum.
From 2020, you also need a ticket to enter Camp …

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7.61 km

Auschwitz-Birkenau Main Gate at Sunset

Highlight • Historical Site

If this gateway is not already an impressive sight, the sunset sky brings even more power

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10.8 km

Zyklon B Pellets Memorial at Auschwitz

Highlight • Historical Site

These are the pallets that were thrown in through holes in the ceiling. Combined with body heat, this produced the deadly gas

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10.9 km

Gallows at Auschwitz Concentration Camp

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If you were punished in the camp, you ran the risk of being hanged here and in public.

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16.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.83 km

4.71 km

3.72 km

1.03 km

414 m

Surfaces

6.25 km

5.34 km

3.53 km

798 m

477 m

302 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 11 July

21°C

12°C

89 %

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Comments

January 24, 2025,🇵🇱 Oświęcim

oppressive - very oppressive

Oświęcim - Auschwitz
Oświęcim-Brenzinka - Auschwitz-Birkenau

Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II ... 2 of 50 camps around Auschwitz and the villages in Silesia that were demolished for them.

In a few days it will be the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp.

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September 18, 2023,PL - (Guided) Tour in Auschwitz I & II

In the morning the booked guided tour (duration approx. 3.5 hours) is recorded including a free bus shuttle between the start at the museum in Auschwitz I and the large camp in Auschwitz II (Birkenau).
In the afternoon we visited the barracks left out on the guided tour on our own.
In the morning, access is only possible with a …

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Hiking loop from Oświęcim

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Gate of Death, Auschwitz II–Birkenau

Ruins of Crematorium III, Auschwitz-Birkenau

International Monument to the Victims of Auschwitz–Birkenau

Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Memorial

Auschwitz-Birkenau Main Gate at Sunset

Zyklon B Pellets Memorial at Auschwitz

Gallows at Auschwitz Concentration Camp

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