Blechhammer Concentration Camp
Located in Blachownia, Częstochowa County Coordinates: 50°47′06″ N 18°57′44″ E
- Local time
- UTC+01:00
- Europe/Warsaw · UTC+01:00
- Elevation
- 261 m
- above sea level
- Airports
- KTW Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport35 km
- KRK Kraków John Paul II International Airport98 km
About Blechhammer Concentration Camp
Blechhammer Concentration Camp is a historic site. Location: Blachownia, Częstochowa County.
Blechhammer was the second-largest subcamp of Auschwitz concentration camp, part of the Blechhammer industrial area where several camps were located. The camp was evacuated on 21 January 1945; five days later, German forces returned to kill some survivors who had been left behind.
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Climate of Blechhammer Concentration Camp
Best months for sightseeingBest months for sightseeing: June–August.
This month · November
A cold month
Day 6° · Night 1° · Rain 40 mm
- Hottest month
- August (day 22°)
- Coldest month
- January (night -5°)
- Wettest month
- July (85 mm)
- Driest month
- February (27 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° | 7° | 12° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 18° | 12° | 6° | 2° |
| Average low (°C) | -5° | -4° | -1° | 3° | 8° | 11° | 13° | 13° | 9° | 5° | 1° | -3° |
| Precipitation (mm) | 34 | 27 | 32 | 43 | 68 | 81 | 85 | 74 | 58 | 44 | 40 | 41 |
How to get to Blechhammer Concentration Camp
The nearest airport is Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport (KTW), 35 km to the south as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Brno, 244 km to the southwest.
Airports
- Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport (KTW) Katowice 35 kmsouth
- Kraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK) Balice 98 kmsoutheast
- Łódź Władysław Reymont Airport (LCJ) Łódź 109 kmnorth
Nearby large cities
- Brno Population: 404.3K 244 kmsouthwest
- Košice Population: 225K 284 kmsoutheast
- Bratislava Population: 423.7K 323 kmsouthwest
- Miskolc Population: 154.5K 326 kmsoutheast
- Prague Population: 1.2M 332 kmwest
Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.
Day trips from Blechhammer Concentration Camp
Within 100 km: 69 historic and cultural sites, 17 natural sites.
0–25 km4 places
- Zielona Góra Mountain 19 kmE
- Jasna Góra Mountain 10 kmE
- Częstochowa Ghetto Historic site 11 kmE
- Kłobucko Ghetto Historic site 13 kmN
25–60 km24 places
- Góra Stodolska Mountain 54 kmSE
- Berkowa Mountain 45 kmSE
- Bukowie Mountain 35 kmSE
- Kattowitz Concentration Camp Historic site 58 kmS
60–100 km58 places
- Pasmo Małogoskie Mountain 85 kmE
- Góra Diabla Mountain 88 kmNE
- Pasmo Przedborskie Mountain 74 kmE
- Góra Kobyla Mountain 99 kmNW
Straight-line distances.
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Częstochowa Ghetto Historic site, Częstochowa11 km E -
Kłobucko Ghetto Historic site, Gmina Kłobuck13 km N
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Jasna Góra Mountain, Częstochowa10 km E -
Zielona Góra Mountain, Olsztyn19 km E
Nearest towns and villages
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Blachownia Town, Blachownia0.6 km S
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Gmina Wręczyca Wielka Municipality, Kłobuck County7.1 km NW
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Kalej Village, Gmina Wręczyca Wielka5.9 km N
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Gmina Herby Municipality, Lubliniec County6.5 km SW
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