Town Square in Oswiecim
District Court building
on old Town Square
The photo above shows the Siebarski house,
which was built by Michael Siebarski, the Parish priest of the
Church of Assumption of Holy Mary in the early 1800s. It is a
two-story brick building with a basement. It was modernized by
the Germans during their occupation of Poland in World War II.
This building is currently the seat of the District Court in
Oswiecim.
The town square in Oswiecim dates back
to the Middle Ages when it was first built with wooden structures.
The buildings were all destroyed in the numerous fires in the
city. The present buildings were all built over the last 200
years.
The photo below shows a building on the
old Town Square that has a Pizza restaurant on the ground floor.
Pizza is very popular throughout Poland.
Building on old Town
Square
The old Town Square is no longer used
as a market place. During the Communist era, a modern store was
built in the middle of the historic square.
Modern building in
the middle of the old Town Square
Building on old Town
Square
District Court building
with church steeple in the background
Auschwitz Town Hall
Photo Credit: Steve
Wejroch
Today, Oswiecim is a modern town of 50,000
inhabitants. It is a factory town where 5,000 of the residents
are employed in one chemical factory. Upon entering the town
from the east, visitors are immediately aware of the factories
with their high smokestacks. Some of the factory buildings that
were built during the German occupation of Poland are still in
use, and still surrounded by a high wall topped with barbed wire.
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