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Bełżec | ||
Voivodeship | Lublin | |
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Residents | unknown | |
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height | 303 m | |
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Bełżec is a big there as well as former city in that polish Voivodeship Lublin southwest of the triangle to the voivodeship Subcarpathian and the Ukraine. The place is between the small towns Tomaszów Lubelski and Lubycza Królewska on the ridge of the Roztocze in the historical region Chełmer country the Red Rus. The memorial for the former is located in the municipality Belzec extermination camp. In addition to the concentration camps in Majdanek and Sobibor it was the largest extermination camp during the Holocaust in what is now Lublin Voivodeship.
getting there
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By plane
The closest international Airport is at Lublin. Other nearby international airports are the Okęcie Airport and the Modlin Airport at Warsaw.
By train
The place has a train station that runs from Lublin is attainable.
By bus
Buses run regularly to Tomaszów Lubelskiwhere connection after Lublin as well as to other cities in the region.
In the street
The road network is being expanded, but it is still relatively thin.
From Berlin the A12 leads to the border Slubice and further than Autostrada A2 to Warsaw. There you change to the expressway S17 direction Lublin. It's not far from there.
Alternatively, from southern Germany and Switzerland you can use Prague and from Austria over Brno drive and then from the Polish-Czech border the Autostrada A1 take to A2.
mobility
The town center is easy to explore on foot.
Tourist Attractions
- Memorial of the extermination camp with museum.
- baroque orthodox wooden church St. Vasil
- neo-Gothic St. Mary's Church
- historical Nepomuk chapel
- orthodox cemetery
- Military cemeteries from the First World War
- Remnants of the Feldbahn to Trawniki from the First World War
accommodation
There are no hotels, guest rooms or pensions in the village. You can stay overnight in Tomaszów Lubelski.
security
It's pretty safe.
trips
- Lublin
- Białystok
- Olsztyn
- Warsaw
- Rzeszów
- Kazimierz Dolny
- Puławy
- Zamość
- Biała Podlaska
- Chełm
- Świdnik
- Kraśnik
- Łuków
- Biłgoraj
- Lubartów
- Tomaszów Lubelski
- Łęczna
- Krasnystaw
- Hrubieszów
- Międzyrzec Podlaski
- Dęblin
- Radzyń Podlaski
- Janów Lubelski
- Parczew
- Ryki
- Poniatowa
- Opole Lubelskie
- Bełżyce
- Terespol
- Nałęczów
- Bielsk Podlaski
literature
See article too Poland.
Web links
- http://www.belzec.pl - Bełżec official website