Battle for Castle Itter

Battle for Castle Itter is a battlefield in Itter, Kitzbühel District, Tyrol. Battle for Castle Itter is situated near Itter Castle, as well as near the cemetery Neuer Friedhof Itter.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Itter Castle and Hauser Kapelle, Wörgl.

Itter Castle

Castle

Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Itter Castle is a 19th-century castle in Itter, a village in Tyrol, Austria. In 1943, during World War II, it was turned into a Nazi prison for French VIPs.

Hauser Kapelle, Wörgl

Church

Photo: Michielverbeek, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hauser Kapelle, Wörgl is a church, which is situated 1¼ km northwest of Battle for Castle Itter.

Hopfgarten im Brixental railway station

Railway station

Photo: Priwo, Public domain.

Hopfgarten im Brixental railway station is situated 2 km south of Battle for Castle Itter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bruckhäusl and Niederau.

Bruckhäusl

Village

Photo: Ironbernietyrol, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bruckhäusl is a village, which is situated 3 km northwest of Battle for Castle Itter.

Niederau

Village

Photo: BKP, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Niederau is a village, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Battle for Castle Itter.

Wörgl is a city in the Austrian state of Tyrol, in the Kufstein district. It is 20 km from the international border with Bavaria, Germany. It is known for the "Miracle of Wörgl" in the 1930s, a local currency experiment credited with reviving the local economy in an economic depression.

Battle for Castle Itter

Type: Battlefield
Also known as: “Schlacht um Schloss Itter”
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Itter, Kitzbühel District, Tyrol, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.47068° or 47° 28′ 15″ north

Longitude

12.14016° or 12° 8′ 25″ east

Open location code

8FVJF4CR+73

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6561523867

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=battlefield

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In Other Languages

“Battle for Castle Itter” goes by many names.

French: “Bataille du château d’Itter”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Neuer Friedhof Itter and Alter Friedhof Itter.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Pfarramt and Itter Dorf.

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