Brzezinka

Also known as Birkenau

Brzezinka (, German: Birkenau) is a village in southern Poland, about from Oświęcim, in the district of Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

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Settlement.name: Brzezinka
Settlement.image_skyline: POL Brzezinka k. Oświęcimia Centrum.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Poland
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Voivodeship
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Oświęcim
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Gmina
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Oświęcim
Settlement.established_title: First mentioned
Settlement.established_date: 1385

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Brzezinka (, German: Birkenau) is a village in southern Poland, about from Oświęcim, in the district of Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship.

== General information == The village is near the confluence of the rivers Vistula and Soła, at the very center of the Vistula Valley, 240 meters above sea level. By the time of the construction of the first railroad station in 1856 the station was on Brzezinka's territory, but later it was included within the town limits of nearby Oświęcim.