Colditz

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.

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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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Wikidata facts

Country: Germany
Located in: Landkreis Leipzig
Population: 8447
Area: 84.09
Elevation: 156
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Mulde
Shares border with: Bad Lausick
Official website: www.colditz.de
Image: 20090513240DR Colditz Untermarkt Markt Schloß.jpg
Dialing code: 034381
Licence plate code: L

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twinned administrative body: Ochsenfurt
Commons category: Colditz
topic's main category: Category:Colditz
postal code: 04680
Commons gallery: Colditz
different from: Colditz
hashtag: Colditz

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Colditz är en stad i Tyskland, belägen i Landkreis Leipzig i förbundslandet Sachsen, vid floden omkring 40 km sydost om Leipzig. Stadskommunen har cirka 8 000 invånare. Staden är internationellt känd för sitt slott, Schloss Colditz, som användes som krigsfångeläger under andra världskriget.

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