Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)
A World Heritage Site in Poland, inscribed in 1979 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Poland
- Region
- Europe and North America
- Inscribed
- 1979
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- —
- Property area
- approx. 192 ha
- Component parts
- 2
- Coordinates
- 50.0389, 19.1750
- UNESCO ID
- 31
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Auschwitz Birkenau Camp allemand nazi de concentration et d'extermination (1940-1945)
- Spanish
- Auschwitz Birkenau Campo nazi alemán de concentración y exterminio (1940-1945)
- Chinese
- 前纳粹德国奥斯维辛-比克瑙集中营（1940-1945年）
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- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (2007)
- Białowieża Forest (1979)
- Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork (1997)
- Centennial Hall in Wrocław (2006)
- Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica (2001)
- Gdynia Modernist City Centre (2026)
- Historic Centre of Kraków (1978)
- Historic Centre of Warsaw (1980)
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park (1999)
- Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region (2019)
- Medieval Town of Toruń (1997)
- Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski (2004)
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