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Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial
The preserved Nazi camp and museum near Oswiecim, a sombre, essential stop for remembrance.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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Zabrze
Silesia, Poland · Europe
About Zabrze
Zabrze sits on the route: 15 minutes from Wieszowa, 58km from Jasna Gora Monastery.
Zabrze is in Silesia, Poland, with about 190,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Wieszowa, about 7 km away.
Zabrze ([ˈzabʐɛ] ; 1915–1945: Hindenburg; Silesian: Zŏbrze; Yiddish: זאַבזשע, romanized: Zabzhe) is an industrial city in Silesia in southern Poland, near Katowice. It lies in the western part of the Metropolis GZM, a metropolis with a population of around 2 million. It is in the Silesian Highlands, on the BytomkaRead more
River, a tributary of the Oder.
Zabrze is located in the Silesian Voivodeship. It is one of the cities composing the 2.7 million inhabitant conurbation referred to as the Katowice urban area, itself a major centre in the greater Katowice-Ostrava metropolitan area which is populated by just over five million people. The population of Zabrze as of December 2021 was 168,946, down from June 2009 when the population was 188,122. Zabrze is bordered by three other cities of the metropolitan area: Gliwice, Bytom and Ruda Śląska. The city is particularly known as the home of Górnik Zabrze, one of the most accomplished Polish football clubs. The local historic coal mine complex is listed as a Historic Monument of Poland as one of the most valuable of its kind in Poland.
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What is there to see near Zabrze?
Within an hour or so of Zabrze: Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial (44 km), Ogrodzieniec Castle (The Witcher, Kaer Morhen) (56 km), Jasna Gora Monastery (58 km).
Are there any good drives near Zabrze?
The nearest famous roads are Cervenohorske Sedlo, Zakopianka (Road to the Tatras) and Droga pod Reglami, Zakopane.
Where is Zabrze?
Zabrze is in Silesia, Poland, about 7 km from Wieszowa.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 192,177
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Poland
- Region
- Silesia
- Timezone
- Europe/Warsaw
- Coordinates
- 50.3249, 18.7858
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3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Ogrodzieniec Castle (The Witcher, Kaer Morhen)
The ruined Polish hilltop castle used as Kaer Morhen and battle sites in Netflix's The Witcher.
56 km · about 65 min drive
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Jasna Gora Monastery
Pauline monastery at Czestochowa housing the Black Madonna icon, Poland's principal pilgrimage site, sited just off the DK1 corridor.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving in Poland
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.42/litre
- Motorway tolls
- ~€5.00/100km
When to drive here
April to October
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