Nawitz Concentration Camp
Located in Łęczyce, Wejherowo County Coordinates: 54°30′19″ N 17°56′43″ E
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Warsaw · UTC+01:00
- Elevation
- 139 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- GDN Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport37 km
- BZG Ignacy Jan Paderewski Bydgoszcz Airport157 km
About Nawitz Concentration Camp
Nawitz Concentration Camp is a historic site. Location: Łęczyce, Wejherowo County.
Nawitz is the German name of the town of Nawcz in northern Poland. During the occupation of Poland by the Third Reich in World War II the forced-labour camp Nawitz was set up as one of 40 subcamps of the notorious Nazi German Stutthof concentration camp near Gdańsk (totalling more than 85,000 victims before liberation). The cemetery of prisoner victims of Auffanglager Nawitz along with those of Stutthof who perished during the final death march westward is located in the town.
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Climate of Nawitz Concentration Camp
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 62 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 21°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -4°)
- Wettest month
- July (77 mm)
- Driest month
- February (33 mm)
Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Average high (°C) | 1° | 2° | 5° | 10° | 15° | 18° | 21° | 21° | 16° | 12° | 6° | 2° |
| Average low (°C) | -4° | -4° | -2° | 1° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 12° | 9° | 5° | 1° | -2° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 43 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 49 | 62 | 77 | 70 | 74 | 66 | 62 | 56 |
How to get to Nawitz Concentration Camp
The nearest airport is Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN), 37 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Klaipėda, 244 km to the northeast.
Airports
- Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport (GDN) Gdańsk 37 kmsoutheast
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski Bydgoszcz Airport (BZG) Bydgoszcz 157 kmsouth
- Khrabrovo Airport (KGD) Kaliningrad 176 kmeast
Nearby large cities
- Klaipėda Population: 172.3K 244 kmnortheast
- Malmö Population: 362.1K 339 kmnorthwest
- Copenhagen Population: 1.2M 367 kmnorthwest
- Berlin Population: 3.4M 373 kmsouthwest
- Helsingborg Population: 104.2K 375 kmnorthwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Nawitz Concentration Camp
Within 100 km: 36 historic and cultural sites, 31 natural sites, 1 lake, river or coast.
0–25 km16 places
- Kolkau Concentration Camp Historic site 24 kmN
- Rieben-Althammer Concentration Camp Historic site 22 kmNE
- Pucka Góra Mountain 22 kmE
- Dąbrowa Góra Mountain 5 kmN
25–60 km37 places
- Jastrzębia Góra Mountain 46 kmNE
- Putzig Concentration Camp Historic site 38 kmNE
- Jastarnia Lighthouse Landmark 52 kmNE
- Stilo Lighthouse Landmark 34 kmNW
60–100 km15 places
- Jarosławiec Lighthouse Landmark 91 kmW
- Wzgorze nad Niezywieciem Mountain 93 kmS
- Góra Wolność Mountain 92 kmS
- Hopehill-Reimannsfelde Concentration Camp Historic site 100 kmE
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Lowitz Concentration Camp Historic site, Łęczyce2.2 km E
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Jelenia Góra Mountain, Łęczyce4.9 km N
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Dąbrowa Góra Mountain, Łęczyce4.9 km N
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Goddentow Concentration Camp Historic site, Łęczyce9.1 km NW
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Gora Wysoka Mountain, Łęczyce13 km N
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Kolkau Concentration Camp Historic site, Gmina Gniewino24 km N
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Rieben-Althammer Concentration Camp Historic site, Gmina Gniewino22 km NE
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Lauenburg Concentration Camp Historic site, Lębork13 km W
Nearest towns and villages
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Kętrzyna Village, Linia1.9 km S
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Linia Municipality, Wejherowo County6.1 km SE
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Linia Village, Linia6 km S
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Gmina Łęczyce Village, Łęczyce11 km NW
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