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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Germany_adm_location_map.svg/500px-Germany_adm_location_map.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="1073" data-file-height="1272" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:50.241%;left:73.074%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Colditz Castle"><img alt="Colditz Castle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/7px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="7" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/11px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/14px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed;color:#000;">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architectural style</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Renaissance_architecture" title="Renaissance architecture">Renaissance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Town or city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Colditz" title="Colditz">Colditz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Colditz_Castle&params=51.131_N_12.8074_E_type:landmark_region:DE-SN"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°07′52″N</span> <span class="longitude">12°48′27″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.1310°N 12.8074°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.1310; 12.8074</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Client</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Augustus,_Elector_of_Saxony" title="Augustus, Elector of Saxony">Augustus of Saxony</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/State_Palaces,_Castles_and_Gardens_of_Saxony" title="State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony">State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#ededed;color:#000;">Design and construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hans_Irmisch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hans Irmisch (page does not exist)">Hans Irmisch</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Irmisch" class="extiw" title="de:Hans Irmisch">de</a>]</span><br />Peter Kummer</td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colditz_Castle_1828_by_Ernst_Ferdinand_Oehme,_Albertinum,_Dresden.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Colditz_Castle_1828_by_Ernst_Ferdinand_Oehme%2C_Albertinum%2C_Dresden.jpg/220px-Colditz_Castle_1828_by_Ernst_Ferdinand_Oehme%2C_Albertinum%2C_Dresden.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Colditz_Castle_1828_by_Ernst_Ferdinand_Oehme%2C_Albertinum%2C_Dresden.jpg/330px-Colditz_Castle_1828_by_Ernst_Ferdinand_Oehme%2C_Albertinum%2C_Dresden.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Colditz_Castle_1828_by_Ernst_Ferdinand_Oehme%2C_Albertinum%2C_Dresden.jpg/440px-Colditz_Castle_1828_by_Ernst_Ferdinand_Oehme%2C_Albertinum%2C_Dresden.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2056" data-file-height="3088" /></a><figcaption>Colditz Castle 1828 by <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Ferdinand_Oehme" title="Ernst Ferdinand Oehme">Ernst Ferdinand Oehme</a>, <a href="/wiki/Albertinum" title="Albertinum">Albertinum</a>, Dresden</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Colditz Castle</b> (or <i>Schloss Colditz</i> in German) is a <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_architecture" title="Renaissance architecture">Renaissance</a> <a href="/wiki/Castle" title="Castle">castle</a> in the town of <a href="/wiki/Colditz" title="Colditz">Colditz</a> near <a href="/wiki/Leipzig" title="Leipzig">Leipzig</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chemnitz" title="Chemnitz">Chemnitz</a> in the <a href="/wiki/States_of_Germany" title="States of Germany">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saxony" title="Saxony">Saxony</a> in <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>. The castle is between the towns of <a href="/wiki/Hartha" title="Hartha">Hartha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Grimma" title="Grimma">Grimma</a> on a <a href="/wiki/Hill_spur" class="mw-redirect" title="Hill spur">hill spur</a> over the river <a href="/wiki/Zwickauer_Mulde" title="Zwickauer Mulde">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="/wiki/Menagerie" title="Menagerie">menageries</a> in Europe. </p><p>The castle gained international fame as the site of <a href="/wiki/Oflag_IV-C" title="Oflag IV-C">Oflag IV-C</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Prisoner-of-war_camp" title="Prisoner-of-war camp">prisoner-of-war camp</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> for "incorrigible" <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> officers who had repeatedly attempted to escape from other camps. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Original_castle">Original castle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colditz_Castle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Original castle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Colditz_Castle" title="Special:EditPage/Colditz Castle">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. 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During 1083, <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor">Henry IV</a> urged <a href="/wiki/Margrave" title="Margrave">Margrave</a> <a href="/wiki/Wiprecht_of_Groitzsch" title="Wiprecht of Groitzsch">Wiprecht of Groitzsch</a> to develop the castle site, which Colditz accepted. During 1158, <a href="/wiki/Frederick_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor">Emperor Frederick Barbarossa</a> made Thimo I "Lord of Colditz", and major building works began. By 1200, the town around the market was established. Forests, empty meadows, and farmland were settled next to the pre-existing <a href="/wiki/Slavic_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic peoples">Slavic</a> villages <a href="/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fbothen" title="Großbothen">Zschetzsch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zschadra%C3%9F" title="Zschadraß">Zschadraß</a>, Zollwitz, Terpitzsch and Koltzschen. Around that time the larger villages Hohnbach, <a href="/wiki/Thierbaum" class="mw-redirect" title="Thierbaum">Thierbaum</a>, <a href="/wiki/L%C3%B6bau-Zittau" title="Löbau-Zittau">Ebersbach</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saale-Holzland" class="mw-redirect" title="Saale-Holzland">Tautenhain</a> also developed. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages">Middle Ages</a>, the castle was used as a lookout post for the <a href="/wiki/List_of_German_Kings_and_Emperors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of German Kings and Emperors">German Emperors</a> and was the hub of the <a href="/wiki/Reich" title="Reich">Reich</a> territories of the <a href="/wiki/Altenburg" title="Altenburg">Pleissenland</a> (anti-<a href="/wiki/Mei%C3%9Fen" class="mw-redirect" title="Meißen">Meißen</a> <a href="/wiki/Altenburger_Land" title="Altenburger Land">Pleiße-lands</a>). During 1404, the nearly 250-year rule of the dynasty of the <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colditz_(Adelsgeschlecht)" class="extiw" title="de:Colditz (Adelsgeschlecht)">Lords of Colditz</a> ended when Thimo VIII sold Colditz Castle for 15,000 silver <a href="/wiki/Mark_(weight)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark (weight)">marks</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Wettin_(dynasty)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wettin (dynasty)">Wettin</a> ruler of the period in <a href="/wiki/Saxony" title="Saxony">Saxony</a>. </p><p>As a result of family dynastic politics, the town of Colditz was incorporated into the <a href="/wiki/Margraviate_of_Meissen" class="mw-redirect" title="Margraviate of Meissen">Margraviate of Meissen</a>. During 1430, the <a href="/wiki/Hussites" title="Hussites">Hussites</a> attacked Colditz and set town and castle on fire. Around 1464, renovation and new building work on the castle were done by order of <a href="/wiki/Ernest,_Elector_of_Saxony" title="Ernest, Elector of Saxony">Prince Ernest</a>, who died in Castle Colditz in 1486. During the reigns of Electors <a href="/wiki/Frederick_III,_Elector_of_Saxony" title="Frederick III, Elector of Saxony">Frederick III the Wise</a> and <a href="/wiki/John,_Elector_of_Saxony" title="John, Elector of Saxony">John the Gentle</a>, Colditz was a royal residence of the <a href="/wiki/Rulers_of_Saxony" class="mw-redirect" title="Rulers of Saxony">electors of Saxony</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Periods_of_reconstruction_and_changes_in_use">Periods of reconstruction and changes in use</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colditz_Castle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Periods of reconstruction and changes in use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During 1504, the servant Clemens the baker accidentally set Colditz afire, and the town hall, church, castle and a large part of the town was burned. During 1506, reconstruction began and new buildings were erected around the rear castle courtyard. During 1523, the castle park was converted into one of the largest <a href="/wiki/Zoo" title="Zoo">zoos</a> in Europe. During 1524, rebuilding of the upper floors of the castle began. The castle was reconstructed in a fashion that corresponded to the way it was divided-— into the cellar, the royal house and the banqueting hall building. There is nothing more to be seen of the original castle, where the present rear of the castle is located, but it is still possible to discern where the original divisions were (the Old or Lower House, the Upper House and the Great House). </p><p>The structure of the castle was changed during the long reign of the <a href="/wiki/Prince-elector" title="Prince-elector">Elector</a> <a href="/wiki/Augustus,_Elector_of_Saxony" title="Augustus, Elector of Saxony">Augustus of Saxony</a> (1553–86), and the complex was reconstructed into a <a href="/wiki/Renaissance_architecture" title="Renaissance architecture">Renaissance style</a> castle from 1577 to 1591, including the portions that were still in the <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">gothic architectural</a> style. Architects <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hans_Irmisch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hans Irmisch (page does not exist)">Hans Irmisch</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Irmisch" class="extiw" title="de:Hans Irmisch">de</a>]</span> and Peter Kummer supervised further restoration and rebuilding. Later, <a href="/wiki/Lucas_Cranach_the_Younger" title="Lucas Cranach the Younger">Lucas Cranach the Younger</a> was commissioned as an artist in the castle. </p><p>During this period the portal at what is known as the church house was created during 1584, made of <i>Rochlitz Porphyr</i> (<a href="/wiki/Tuff#Rhyolitic_tuff" title="Tuff">rhyolite tuff</a>) and richly decorated in the <a href="/wiki/Mannerism" title="Mannerism">mannerist</a> style by Andreas Walther II. This <a href="/wiki/Dimension_stone" title="Dimension stone">dimension stone</a> has been in use in architecture for more than 1,000 years. It was at this time that both the interior and the exterior of "the Holy Trinity" <a href="/wiki/Castle_chapel" title="Castle chapel">castle chapel</a> that links the cellar and electors' house with one another were redesigned. Soon thereafter the castle became an administrative office for the Office of Colditz and a <a href="/wiki/Jagdschloss" title="Jagdschloss">hunting lodge</a>. During 1694, its then-current owner, King <a href="/wiki/Augustus_II_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Augustus II of Poland">Augustus the Strong</a> of Poland, began to expand it, resulting in a second courtyard and a total of 700 rooms. </p><p>During the 19th century, the church space was rebuilt in the <a href="/wiki/Neoclassicism" title="Neoclassicism">neo-classic architectural</a> style, but its condition was allowed to deteriorate. The castle was used by <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Augustus_III,_Elector_of_Saxony" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick Augustus III, Elector of Saxony">Frederick Augustus III, Elector of Saxony</a> as a workhouse to feed the poor, the ill, and persons who had been arrested. It served this purpose from 1803 to 1829, when its workhouse function was assumed by an institution in <a href="/wiki/Zwickau" title="Zwickau">Zwickau</a>. During 1829, the castle became a <a href="/wiki/Mental_hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="Mental hospital">mental hospital</a> for the "incurably insane" from <a href="/wiki/Waldheim,_Saxony" title="Waldheim, Saxony">Waldheim</a>. During 1864, a new hospital building was erected in the <a href="/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture" title="Gothic Revival architecture">Gothic Revival style</a>, on the ground where the <a href="/wiki/Stable" title="Stable">stables</a> and working quarters had been previously located. It remained a mental institution until 1924. </p><p>From 1829 to 1924, Colditz was a <a href="/wiki/Sanatorium" title="Sanatorium">sanatorium</a>, generally reserved for the wealthy and the nobility of Germany. The castle thus functioned as a hospital during a long period of massive change in Germany, from slightly after the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a> destroyed the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> and created the <a href="/wiki/German_Confederation" title="German Confederation">German Confederation</a>, throughout the lifespan of the <a href="/wiki/North_German_Confederation" title="North German Confederation">North German Confederation</a>, the complete reign of the <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a>, throughout the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, and until the beginnings of the <a href="/wiki/Weimar_Republic" title="Weimar Republic">Weimar Republic</a>. Between 1914 and 1918, the castle was home to both psychiatric and <a href="/wiki/Tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a> patients, 912 of whom died of <a href="/wiki/Malnutrition" title="Malnutrition">malnutrition</a>. The castle was home to several notable figures during its time as a mental institution, including Ludwig Schumann, the second youngest son of the composer <a href="/wiki/Robert_Schumann" title="Robert Schumann">Robert Schumann</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ernst_Baumgarten&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ernst Baumgarten (page does not exist)">Ernst Baumgarten</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Baumgarten_(Luftschiffpionier)" class="extiw" title="de:Georg Baumgarten (Luftschiffpionier)">de</a>]</span>, one of the inventors of the <a href="/wiki/Airship" title="Airship">airship</a>. </p><p>When the <a href="/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Nazis</a> gained power during 1933, they converted the castle into a political prison for <a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">communists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexuals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Jew">Jews</a> and other people they considered undesirable. Starting 1939,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> prisoners were housed there. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Use_as_POW_camp">Use as POW camp</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colditz_Castle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Use as POW camp"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PicOf_4C_LibBridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/PicOf_4C_LibBridge.jpg/220px-PicOf_4C_LibBridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/PicOf_4C_LibBridge.jpg/330px-PicOf_4C_LibBridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/PicOf_4C_LibBridge.jpg/440px-PicOf_4C_LibBridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="770" data-file-height="585" /></a><figcaption>Colditz Bridge in 1945 after the town had been occupied by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PicOf_4C_Colditz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/PicOf_4C_Colditz.jpg/220px-PicOf_4C_Colditz.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/PicOf_4C_Colditz.jpg/330px-PicOf_4C_Colditz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/PicOf_4C_Colditz.jpg/440px-PicOf_4C_Colditz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="835" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption>Colditz Castle in April 1945; photo taken by a U.S. Army soldier</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Originalglider.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Originalglider.jpg/250px-Originalglider.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Originalglider.jpg/330px-Originalglider.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Originalglider.jpg/500px-Originalglider.jpg 2x" data-file-width="568" data-file-height="416" /></a><figcaption>The only photograph of the original <a href="/wiki/Colditz_Cock" title="Colditz Cock">Colditz Cock</a> glider taken on 15 April 1945 by <a href="/wiki/Lee_Carson" title="Lee Carson">Lee Carson</a>, American war correspondent assigned to the task force which liberated the castle</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SCHLOSS_COLDITZ1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/SCHLOSS_COLDITZ1.jpg/220px-SCHLOSS_COLDITZ1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/SCHLOSS_COLDITZ1.jpg/330px-SCHLOSS_COLDITZ1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/SCHLOSS_COLDITZ1.jpg/440px-SCHLOSS_COLDITZ1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a><figcaption>Colditz Castle in 2011</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Oflag_IV-C" title="Oflag IV-C">Oflag IV-C</a></div> <p>After the outbreak of World War II, the castle was converted into a high security <a href="/wiki/Prisoner-of-war_camp" title="Prisoner-of-war camp">prisoner-of-war camp</a> for officers who had become security or escape risks or who were regarded as particularly dangerous.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the castle is situated on a rocky outcrop above the River <a href="/wiki/Zwickauer_Mulde" title="Zwickauer Mulde">Zwickauer Mulde</a>, the Germans believed it to be an ideal site for a high security prison. </p><p>The larger outer court in front of the <i>Kommandantur</i> (commander's offices) had only two exits and housed a large German garrison. The prisoners lived in an adjacent courtyard in a 90 ft (27 m) tall building. Outside, the flat <a href="/wiki/Terrace_(gardening)" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrace (gardening)">terraces</a> which surrounded the prisoners' accommodation were watched constantly by armed sentries and surrounded by <a href="/wiki/Barbed_wire" title="Barbed wire">barbed wire</a>. The prison was named <i><a href="/wiki/Oflag_IV-C" title="Oflag IV-C">Oflag IV-C</a></i> (officer prison camp 4C) and was operated by the <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the camp was home to prisoners of war from many different countries, including Poland, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Canada, in May 1943 Wehrmacht High Command decided to house only British and American officers. </p><p>The camp's first British prisoners were the Laufen Six on 7 November 1940, who were transferred to Colditz after their first escape attempt from the <a href="/wiki/Oflag_VII-C" title="Oflag VII-C">Laufen Camp</a>. </p><p>Although it was considered a high security prison, it had one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_attempts_to_escape_Oflag_IV-C" title="List of attempts to escape Oflag IV-C">greatest records</a> of <a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_escape_Oflag_IV-C" title="Attempts to escape Oflag IV-C">successful escape attempts</a>. This could be owing to the general nature of the prisoners that were sent there; most of them had attempted escape previously from other prisons and were transferred to Colditz because the Germans had thought the castle escape-proof. </p><p>One escape scheme even included a <a href="/wiki/Glider_(aircraft)" title="Glider (aircraft)">glider</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Colditz_Cock" title="Colditz Cock">Colditz Cock</a>, that was built and kept in a remote portion of the castle's attic during the winter of 1944–45. The glider was never used, as the camp was liberated not long after its completion. After liberation, the glider was brought down from the hidden workshop to the attic below and assembled for the prisoners to see. Assigned to the task force that liberated the castle, American war correspondent <a href="/wiki/Lee_Carson" title="Lee Carson">Lee Carson</a> entered Colditz on 15 April 1945 and took the only photograph of the glider completed in the attic.<sup id="cite_ref-AAM_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AAM-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For some time after the war the glider was regarded as a <a href="/wiki/Tall_tale" title="Tall tale">tall tale</a>, as there was no solid proof that the glider had existed and Colditz was then in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_zone_in_Germany" title="Soviet occupation zone in Germany">Soviet occupation zone in Germany</a>. Bill Goldfinch took home the drawings he had made while designing the glider, and when the single photograph finally surfaced the story was taken seriously. </p><p>During 1999, a full-sized <a href="/wiki/Replica" title="Replica">replica</a> of the glider was commissioned by <a href="/wiki/Channel_4_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Channel 4 Television">Channel 4 Television</a> in the UK and built by Southdown Aviation Ltd at <a href="/wiki/Lasham_Airfield" title="Lasham Airfield">Lasham Airfield</a>, closely following Goldfinch's drawings. Watched by several of the former prisoners of war who worked on the original, it was test-flown at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Odiham" title="RAF Odiham">RAF Odiham</a> during 2000. The escape plan could have worked.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, Channel 4 commissioned another full-sized replica of the glider which was launched from the same roof as had been planned for the original. The unmanned radio-controlled replica made it across the river and landed in a meadow 180 metres below.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Captain <a href="/wiki/Pat_Reid" title="Pat Reid">Pat Reid</a>, who successfully escaped from Colditz in 1942, went on to write multiple works on the living conditions and various escape attempts at Colditz from 1940 to 1945: <i>The Colditz Story</i> and <i>The Latter Days at Colditz</i>. In the early 1970s, he served as a technical consultant for a <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> television series, <i><a href="/wiki/Colditz_(1972_TV_series)" title="Colditz (1972 TV series)">Colditz</a></i> (1972), featuring <a href="/wiki/David_McCallum" title="David McCallum">David McCallum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Hardwicke" title="Edward Hardwicke">Edward Hardwicke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wagner" title="Robert Wagner">Robert Wagner</a>, that focused on life at Colditz. </p><p>The escapes from Colditz, featured in many works of fiction or documentaries, popularized the unrealistic image of <a href="/wiki/Prisoner-of-war_escape" class="mw-redirect" title="Prisoner-of-war escape">prisoner of war escapes</a> as being common; this is sometimes referred to as the "Colditz Myth".<sup id="cite_ref-:9_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 2">: 2 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the last days of the prison camp at Colditz, many of its prominent or high-ranking prisoners were transferred to Laufen by order of Himmler. In April 1945, U.S. troops entered the town of Colditz and, after a two-day fight, captured the castle on 16 April 1945. In May 1945, the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet</a> occupation of Colditz began. According to the agreement at the <a href="/wiki/Yalta_Conference" title="Yalta Conference">Yalta Conference</a> it became a part of <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a>. The government turned Colditz Castle into a prison for local criminals. Later, the castle was a home for the aged and a <a href="/wiki/Nursing_home" title="Nursing home">nursing home</a>, as well as a hospital and psychiatric clinic. For many years after the war, forgotten hiding places and tunnels were found by repairmen, including a radio room established by the French POWs, which was then "lost" again to be rediscovered some twenty years later. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_occupants">Notable occupants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colditz_Castle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable occupants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <abbr title="Group Captain">Gp Capt</abbr> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Bader" title="Douglas Bader">Douglas Bader</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> <a href="/wiki/Flying_ace" title="Flying ace">flying ace</a>, double leg amputee and subject of the documentary book and film <i><a href="/wiki/Reach_for_the_Sky" title="Reach for the Sky">Reach for the Sky</a></i></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <abbr title="Lieutenant">Lt</abbr> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hope,_3rd_Marquess_of_Linlithgow" title="Charles Hope, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow">Charles Hope</a>, <a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland) Division</a>, 3rd Marquess of Linlithgow</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom"><img alt="United Kingdom" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Flight_lieutenant" title="Flight lieutenant">Flt Lt</a> <a href="/wiki/Josef_Bryks" title="Josef Bryks">Josef Bryks</a>, Czech pilot, participant of the <a href="/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III" title="Stalag Luft III">Great Escape</a>, before which tried to escape three times.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Present">Present</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colditz_Castle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Colditz_Castle2_CROPPED_b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Colditz_Castle2_CROPPED_b.jpg/220px-Colditz_Castle2_CROPPED_b.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Colditz_Castle2_CROPPED_b.jpg/330px-Colditz_Castle2_CROPPED_b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Colditz_Castle2_CROPPED_b.jpg/440px-Colditz_Castle2_CROPPED_b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1926" data-file-height="875" /></a><figcaption>During 2005, the scaffolding was visible from town.</figcaption></figure> <p>During 2006 and 2007, the castle underwent a significant amount of refurbishment and restoration which was paid for by the state of Saxony. The castle walls were repainted to recreate the appearance of the castle prior to World War II. </p><p>With renovations largely completed, the castle now includes both a museum and guided tours showing some of the escape tunnels built by prisoners of the Oflag during the war. The chapel has been restored to its prewar decoration, with glass panels inserted to the flag stone flooring to reveal an escape tunnel dug by French escapees. </p><p>The outer courtyard and former German <i>Kommandantur</i> (guard quarters) have been converted into a youth hostel / hotel and the <i>Gesellschaft Schloss Colditz e.V.</i> (the Colditz Castle historical society), founded during 1996, has its offices in a portion of the administration building in the front castle court. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colditz_Castle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Kriegsgefangenenlager/Offizierslager-R.htm">"Oflags"</a>. <i>www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Thomas Schädlich/Colditz Society, 2000. pp. 4–6, 27, 61, 63, 91–101.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041023211609/http://www.schlosscolditz.com/Englisch/besondere.htm">"What is special about Colditz Castle?"</a> from the Gesellschaft Schloss Colditz e.V. homepage Retrieved March 19, 2005.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040413092546/http://www.schlosscolditz.com/Englisch/historie.htm">Colditzer Schlossgeschichte "Colditz Castle Story"</a> from the same homepage. 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