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.
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  • Type: Town with 8,830 residents
  • Description: town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
  • Also known as: “14729080” and “Stadt Colditz”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oflag IV-C and Polish-Saxon Post Milestone Colditz.

Museum
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, generally known as Colditz Castle, was a prominent German Army prisoner-of-war camp for captured Allied officers during World War II. Located in Colditz, , the camp operated within the medieval Colditz Castle, which overlooks the town.

Historic site
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is a historic site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Zschadraß and Sermuth.

Village
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is a village and a former municipality in the district in , . Since 1 January 2011, it is part of the town Colditz.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Colditz.

Village
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is a village in the Leipzig district of , Germany, with approximately 222 inhabitants as of 2012. On 1 January 1994, it was incorporated into the town of Colditz.

Colditz

Latitude
51.1296° or 51° 7′ 46″ north
Longitude
12.8066° or 12° 48′ 24″ east
Population
8,830
Elevation
211 metres (692 feet)
Open location code
9F3J4RH4+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27362978
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6550865
Wiki­data ID
Q10762
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Colditz” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كولديتس”
  • Aragonese: “Colditz”
  • Bashkir: “Кольдиц”
  • Basque: “Colditz”
  • Belarusian: “Кольдзіц”
  • Breton: “Colditz”
  • Bulgarian: “Колдиц”
  • Catalan: “Colditz”
  • Cebuano: “Colditz”
  • Chechen: “Кольдиц”
  • Chinese: “科尔迪茨”
  • Chinese: “科尔迪茨城堡”
  • Czech: “Colditz”
  • Danish: “Colditz”
  • Dutch: “Colditz”
  • Esperanto: “Colditz”
  • Estonian: “Colditz”
  • Finnish: “Colditz”
  • French: “Colditz”
  • German: “Colditz”
  • Greek: “Κόλντιτς”
  • Hebrew: “קולדיץ”
  • Hungarian: “Colditz”
  • Irish: “Colditz”
  • Italian: “Colditz”
  • Japanese: “コルディーツ”
  • Japanese: “コルディッツ”
  • Kazakh: “Кольдиц”
  • Kirghiz: “Кольдиц”
  • Kurdish: “Colditz”
  • Ladin: “Colditz”
  • Latvian: “Koldica”
  • Macedonian: “Колдиц”
  • Malay: “Colditz”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Colditz”
  • Norwegian: “Colditz”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Colditz”
  • Persian: “کلدیتز”
  • Piemontese: “Colditz”
  • Polish: “Colditz”
  • Portuguese: “Colditz”
  • Romanian: “Colditz”
  • Russian: “Кольдиц”
  • Serbian: “Колдиц”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Colditz”
  • Slovak: “Colditz”
  • Slovenian: “Colditz”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کلدیتز”
  • Spanish: “Colditz”
  • Swedish: “Colditz”
  • Tatar: “Кольдиц”
  • Tumbuka: “Colditz”
  • Turkish: “Colditz”
  • Ukrainian: “Кольдіц”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Colditz”
  • Urdu: “کولڈٹز”
  • Uzbek: “Colditz”
  • Volapük: “Colditz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Colditz”

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