Itter Castle
| Itter Castle | |
|---|---|
Schloss Itter | |
| Itter, Tyrol, Austria | |
Itter Castle, view from south, February 2010 | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Castle |
| Owner | Privately owned |
| Open to the public | No |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 47°28′14″N 12°8′23″E / 47.47056°N 12.13972°E |
| Site history | |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Castle Itter |
Itter Castle (German: Schloss Itter) 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.