Colditz

Colditz is a country town in the state of in . It is widely known for its medieval castle, which served as a prisoner-of-war camp for Allied officers during World War II.
  • Town with about 8,210 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 160 metres (510 feet)
  • Description: town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
  • Also known as
    “14729080”
    “Stadt Colditz”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Discover Oflag IV-C and Stadtkirche St. Aegidien.
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Museum
, generally known as Colditz Castle, was…

Villages in the Area

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Village
is a village and a former municipality in the district in , .
is a village.
3½ km north of Colditz
is a village in Landkreis Leipzig, , with approx.
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Latitude
51.1296° or 51° 7′ 46″ north
Longitude
12.8066° or 12° 48′ 24″ east
Open location code
9F3J4RH4+RJ
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Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Colditz” goes by many names.
كولديتسArabic
ColditzAragonese
КольдицBashkir
ColditzBasque
КольдзіцBelarusian
ColditzBreton
КолдицBulgarian
ColditzCatalan
ColditzCebuano
КольдицChechen
科尔迪茨Chinese
科尔迪茨城堡Chinese
ColditzCzech
ColditzDanish
ColditzDutch
ColditzEsperanto
ColditzEstonian
ColditzFinnish
ΚόλντιτςGreek
קולדיץHebrew
ColditzHungarian
ColditzIrish
ColditzItalian
コルディーツJapanese
コルディッツJapanese
КольдицKazakh
КольдицKirghiz
ColditzKurdish
ColditzLadin
KoldicaLatvian
КолдицMacedonian
ColditzMalay
ColditzNorwegian
ColditzNorwegian Bokmål
ColditzOccitan (post 1500)
کلدیتزPersian
ColditzPiemontese
ColditzPolish
ColditzRomanian
КольдицRussian
КолдицSerbian
ColditzSerbo-Croatian
ColditzSlovak
ColditzSlovenian
کلدیتزSouth Azerbaijani
ColditzSwedish
КольдицTatar
ColditzTumbuka
ColditzTurkish
КольдіцUkrainian
ColditzUpper Sorbian
کولڈٹزUrdu
ColditzUzbek
ColditzVolapük
ColditzWaray (Philippines)

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