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Hohenaschau Castle

Germany · 12th century

Founded
c. 1180
Heritage status
architectural heritage monument in Bavaria
Location
Aschau im Chiemgau
Coordinates
47.76572°, 12.32212°
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Hohenaschau Castle in Germany
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Description

Hohenaschau Palace is a palace, developed from a hilltop castle, in the municipality of Aschau im Chiemgau, near the Bavarian-Tyrolean border. It lies in the Hohenaschau district on a rocky ridge about 50 metres high.

For about seven centuries it was the seat of important noble dynasties and the centre of the lordship of Hohenaschau. Arising from the last third of the 12th century as a medieval ring castle on a rocky ridge in the Priental, the castle increasingly lost its significance in the 18th century and fell into decay. After the extinction of the last noble ruling family in the mid-19th century, the complex changed owners several times and was eventually acquired by the industrialist Theodor Freiherr von Cramer-Klett as a country estate for his family; it was above all his son who converted it into a palace. Today the palace is owned by the Federal Republic of Germany and is used as a holiday and recreation home for employees of the federal finance administration.

Machine-translated from “Schloss Hohenaschau” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Hohenaschau Castle ranks #4,436 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #363 of the 714 mapped in Germany. Founded c. 1180, it is older than 78% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 763 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,325 times in the last 60 days, more than 73% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Salzburg, 54 km away. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.

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