🏰 Itter Castle

Austria · Europe · 47.47°N, 12.14°E

Itter Castle is a 19th-century castle in Itter, a village in Tyrol, Austria. In 1943, during World War II, it was turned into a Nazi prison for French VIPs. The castle was the site of an extraordinary instance of the U.S. Army, German Wehrmacht, Austrian Resistance, and the prisoners themselves fighting side-by-side against the Waffen-SS in the Battle for Castle Itter in early May 1945 before the end of the war in Europe.

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Quick facts

Country	Austria
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	47.47°N, 12.14°E · view on map

Itter Castle is located in Austria, in Europe.

More castles in Austria

Albrechtsberg Castle (Loosdorf) · Altenburg Abbey · Berneck Castle · Bernstein Castle · Burg Alt-Teuffenbach · Burg Bideneck · Burg Bruck · Burg Clam · Burg Deutschlandsberg · Burg Freundsberg.

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