Laufen Castle ( German : Schloss Laufen ) is a square-shaped castle overlooking the Salzach river that was built for the Archbishop of Salzburg in the 15th century. The castle is located in the town of Laufen in the German state of Bavaria . During the Second World War , it was the site of Oflag VII-C (a prisoner-of-war camp for captured Officers), and later of Ilag VII (an internment camp for men from the Channel Islands ).
4-712: (Redirected from Schloss Laufen ) Laufen Castle (German: Schloss Laufen ) may refer to: Laufen Castle (Germany) , a castle in the German state of Bavaria, notable as the site of the Oflag VII-C prisoner of war camp Laufen Castle (Switzerland) , a castle in the Swiss canton of Zurich overlooking the Rheinfalle falls on the River Rhine Topics referred to by
8-407: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Laufen Castle (Germany) Laufen Castle, which is assumed to be built on the ruins of an ancient Roman structure, was first mentioned in the reign of Bishop Vergilius of Salzburg , and once again in the 13th century. On March 29, 1166, Emperor Barbarossa held court here. During World War II
12-1028: The castle was used first as a prisoner-of-war camp for officers, Oflag VII-C. Then In May 1942 the officers were transferred to another camp, and the castle was used as an internment camp Ilag VII housing some hundreds of men deported from the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey and some American civilians that had been caught in Europe by the declaration of war by Germany on the United States on 11 December 1941. Werner Meyer: Castles in Upper Bavaria – A handbook. Publisher Weidlich, Würzburg, 1986, ISBN 3-8035-1279-4 , S. 49th P.R. Reid, M.B.E., MC.: The Colditz Story' Hodder and Stoughton, 1952 47°56′19″N 12°56′12.34″E / 47.93861°N 12.9367611°E / 47.93861; 12.9367611 This article about
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