Colditz Castle

Colditz Castle (or Schloss Colditz in German) is a <a href="/facts/Renaissance_architecture/pxUu6e8w">Renaissance</a> <a href="/facts/Castle/1mKnEHKJ">castle</a> in the town of <a href="/facts/Colditz/0sC8l9sh">Colditz</a> near <a href="/facts/Leipzig/KIqgMgLN">Leipzig</a>, <a href="/facts/Dresden/nKVXxIgq">Dresden</a> and <a href="/facts/Chemnitz/C1z9UDBq">Chemnitz</a> in the <a href="/facts/States_of_Germany/hIpruCeX">state</a> of <a href="/facts/Saxony/PrKscwCP">Saxony</a> in <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a>. The castle is between the towns of <a href="/facts/Hartha/MdctIPkL">Hartha</a> and <a href="/facts/Grimma/uQJUYQ0C">Grimma</a> on a <a href="/facts/Hill_spur/0eX5dNHy">hill spur</a> over the river <a href="/facts/Zwickauer_Mulde/EHekJ9dJ">Zwickauer Mulde</a>, 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 <a href="/facts/Menagerie/8bfcHoCV">menageries</a> in Europe. 
The castle gained international fame as the site of <a href="/facts/Oflag_IV-C/YFHzprH8">Oflag IV-C</a>, a <a href="/facts/Prisoner-of-war_camp/Fh6YRw29">prisoner-of-war camp</a> during <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a> for "incorrigible" <a href="/facts/Allies_of_World_War_II/YzCdtjDY">Allied</a> officers who had repeatedly attempted to escape from other camps.

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Colditz Castle