Hiking loop from German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I)
Hiking loop from German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I)
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Hiking loop from German Nazi Concentration Camp Auschwitz (Auschwitz I)
02:57
11.7km
20m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: March 7, 2026
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After 1.55 km for 57 m
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After 1.71 km for 863 m
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After 2.64 km for 251 m
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Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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1.69 km
Commandant Höss's House and Gallows
Highlight • Historical Site
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1.96 km
Zyklon B Pellets Memorial at Auschwitz
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2.02 km
Prisoners' Photo Wall, Auschwitz Memorial
Highlight • Historical Site
2.19 km
Gallows at Auschwitz Concentration Camp
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6.22 km
Auschwitz-Birkenau Main Gate at Sunset
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6.95 km
Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Memorial
Highlight • Historical Site
From 2020, you also need a ticket to enter Camp Birkenau.
Sometimes the number of visitors is so large that it may turn out that they do not issue tickets on a given day, so if you want to be sure of entry, it is best to order such a ticket online in advance.
There is a bus between the camps Auchwitz and Birkenau.
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6.98 km
Gate of Death, Auschwitz II–Birkenau
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The name is not accidental. It was in the former German Nazi concentration and extermination camp Birkenau that the overwhelming number of KL Auschwitz victims died - over a million people, Jews, Poles, Gypsies, as well as Soviet prisoners of war and prisoners of other nationalities. The vast majority, as much as 90% of the victims, were Jews.
The contemporary shape of the Birkenau Death Gate comes from 1943. The direct railway line under the crossing was not built until the spring of 1944. Above the gate, through which the railway track runs today, there is a two-story watchtower. From its windows you can see the panorama of the former camp. Inside, however, there are still single-storey buildings made of raw brick and the main guardhouse of the camp.
The Birkenau Death Gate is located on the site of the former Auschwitz II concentration camp and is part of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
krakowbooking.com/pl/attractions/brama-birkenau-brama-smierci
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7.84 km
International Monument to the Victims of Auschwitz–Birkenau
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The monument unveiling ceremony gathered 200,000 people on April 16, 1967. people. Among them was the then prime minister of the Polish People's Republic and former Auschwitz prisoner Józef Cyrankiewicz and the Soviet general Vasily Pietrenko, one of the commanders of the Red Army units, which liberated the camp in January 1945.
“Let us pay tribute to all those murdered here, building, according to our strength and skills, a new life of free, coexisting nations, in order to remove this shame from humanity, which was what happened in Oświęcim. To never again! Only then will it be a monument not only to memory, warning and vigilance, but also to the reconciliation of people and nations who follow the same path to the same goals, ”said Cyrankiewicz, whose words were recorded by the camera of the Polish Film Chronicle.
The unveiling of the Monument was accompanied by the premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki's "Dies Irae" oratorio. The creator dedicated them to the memory of the camp's victims. The Latin title of the composition, translated into Polish, is: Dzień Gniewu. When creating his work, Penderecki relied on excerpts from the Bible, contemporary Polish and French poetry, and excerpts from Aeschylus's "Oresteja".
The monument was unveiled by the chairman of the Council for the Protection of Monuments to Struggle and Martyrdom, Janusz Wieczorek. At the foot of the monument, Józef Cyrankiewicz placed the first class insignia of the Grunwald Cross, which were posthumously awarded to the victims of Auschwitz.
The unveiling of the Monument was accompanied by the premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki's "Dies Irae" oratorio. The creator dedicated them to the memory of the camp's victims. The Latin title of the composition, translated into Polish, is: Dzień Gniewu. When creating his work, Penderecki relied on excerpts from the Bible, contemporary Polish and French poetry, and excerpts from Aeschylus's "Oresteja". The oratory premiered on April 16, 1967 at the Krakow Philharmonic.
Currently, the Monument is a place where world leaders visiting the Memorial pay tribute to the victims. Among them were, among others three subsequent popes: John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis.
auschwitz.org/galeria/miejsce-pamieci/miedzynarodowy-pomnik-ofiar-obozu
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11.7 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
4.48 km
4.44 km
2.75 km
Surfaces
5.26 km
3.32 km
2.50 km
520 m
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