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Colditz Castle

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Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
Colditz Castle
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Hours:
Sunday10am - 5pm
Monday10am - 5pm
Tuesday10am - 5pm
Wednesday10am - 5pm
Thursday10am - 5pm
Friday10am - 5pm
Saturday10am - 5pm


Castle Colditz is a Renaissance castle in the town of Colditz near Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz in the state of Saxony in Germany. The castle is between the towns of Hartha and Grimma on a hill spur over the river Zwickauer Mulde, a tributary of the River Elbe. It had the first wildlife park in Germany when, during 1523, the castle park was converted into one of the largest menageries in Europe. The castle gained international fame as the site of Oflag IV-C, a prisoner-of-war camp during World War II for incorrigible Allied officers who had repeatedly escaped from other camps.
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