Editing Colditz Castle (section)

== Present ==
[[File:Colditz Castle2 CROPPED b.jpg|thumb|During 2005, the scaffolding was visible from town.]]
During 2006 and 2007, the castle underwent a significant amount of refurbishment and restoration which was paid for by the state of Saxony. The castle walls were repainted to recreate the appearance of the castle prior to World War II.

With renovations largely completed, the castle now includes both a museum and guided tours showing some of the escape tunnels built by prisoners of the Oflag during the war. The chapel has been restored to its prewar decoration, with glass panels inserted to the flag stone flooring to reveal an escape tunnel dug by French escapees.

The outer courtyard and former German ''Kommandantur'' (guard quarters) have been converted into a youth hostel / hotel and the ''Gesellschaft Schloss Colditz e.V.'' (the Colditz Castle historical society), founded during 1996, has its offices in a portion of the administration building in the front castle court.