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New from 2024: Fascination Lost Place
Experience Colditz Castle anew with the HistoPad

For the first time in the history of Colditz Castle, you can enter and discover the stately rooms as well as the institutional rooms. Experience Colditz Castle like never before and go on an interactive discovery tour with the HistoPad starting on April 16, 2024, the anniversary of the castle's liberation by the US Army!

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Opening hours and admission prices

Schloss Colditz

Closed opens today 10:00 - 17:00

Monday: 10:00 bis 17:00
Tuesday: 10:00 bis 17:00
Wednesday: 10:00 bis 17:00
Thursday: 10:00 bis 17:00
Friday: 10:00 bis 17:00
Saturday: 10:00 bis 17:00
Sunday: 10:00 bis 17:00

Full rate :: 4,00 EUR
Reduced rate :i: 3,00 EUR

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Youth Hostel Colditz

Colditz Castle on the Zwickau Mulde is almost 1000 years old and is therefore one of Saxony’s oldest castles. New international life has come to Colditz Castle in the form of the European Youth Hostel Colditz Castle.

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Exhibitions

From 1939 to 1945, Colditz Castle was a prisoner of war camp for allied officers. Colditz was deemed entirely escape-proof. However, the inmates managed to disprove the theory. Exhibitions in the castle tell of ingenuity and numerous escape attempts.

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Guided Tours and Groups

Discover the legendary history of Colditz Castle. On our guided tours, you can gain unique insights and learn interesting facts about exiting tales of escape from the OFLAG IVC prisoner of war camp.

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Tips for Trips

More tips for excursions

Conquer the Schlösserland Sachsen on many more exciting discovery tours! Explore the fairytale side of our castles, palaces and gardens or follow the exotic traces of bitter orange culture. There is much to discover!

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