Colditz
Sign in to saveColditz () is a small town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site of the Oflag IV-C POW camp for officers in World War II.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Colditz - panoramio.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Town and castle
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Colditz COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Colditz in L.svg
- German location.state
- Sachsen
- German location.district
- Leipzig
- German location.elevation
- 156
- German location.area
- 84.09
- German location.postal_code
- 04680
- German location.area_code
- 034381
- German location.licence
- L, BNA, GHA, GRM, MTL, WUR
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 14729080
- German location.divisions
- 4
- German location.website
- www.colditz.de
- German location.mayor
- Robert Zillmann
- German location.leader_term
- 2018–25
- German location.party
- Independent
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- Geography
- History
- Sights
- Transport
- Wartime dramatisations
- Notable people
- From the city
- Others related to the city
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Colditz () is a small town in the district of Leipzig, in Saxony, Germany. It is best known for Colditz Castle, the site of the Oflag IV-C POW camp for officers in World War II.
==Geography== Colditz is situated in the Leipzig Bay, southeast of the city of Leipzig. The town centre is located on the banks of Zwickau Mulde river, south of its confluence with the Freiberg Mulde. The municipality had a population of 8,374 in 2020.