Built between 1670 and 1678, Schloss Coswig is of fundamental importance for the history of baroque castle architecture and the development of its typology in Anhalt and throughout Germany. It is considered the "birth certificate of the Baroque in Anhalt". Schloss Coswig consists of a 3,000-square-meter building ensemble.

It is located in the south of the city on the outer edge of an Elbe loop. In the 19th century the castle was rebuilt into a prison. In the courtyard of the castle, a memorial stone commemorating political prisoners imprisoned here during the Nazi era.

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July 29, 2019

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Even the GDR has not ended the inglorious development towards the penitentiary, on the contrary. After the takeover of administration by the GDR organs from the Soviets, up to 900 people were imprisoned here in catastrophic conditions at the same time. It was not until April 1957 that the prisoners were relocated and the history of Schloss-Prison Coswig ended.

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April 14, 2024

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Unfortunately in poor condition

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1. Lake in Wörlitzer Park – Elbe ferry near Coswig (Anhalt) loop from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Altstadt

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2. Elbe Cycle Path at Leiner Berg – Hunting Bridge over the Mulde loop from Coswig (Anhalt)

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3. Island on Wörlitzer See – Elbe ferry near Coswig (Anhalt) loop from Wörlitz

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Location: Coswig (Anhalt), Wittenberg, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

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1. Lake in Wörlitzer Park – Elbe ferry near Coswig (Anhalt) loop from Lutherstadt Wittenberg Altstadt

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