Schloss Hohenaschau, Aschau im Chiemgau

Hohenaschau Castle is a castle developed from a hilltop castle in the municipality of Aschau in Chiemgau near the Bavarian-Tyrolian border. It is located in the district of Hohenaschau on a rocky ridge about 50 meters high.

For about seven centuries it was the seat of important noble dynasties and the center of the Hohenaschau dominion. Built 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 importance in the 18th century and fell into disrepair. After the extinction of the last noble ruling family in the mid-19th century, the complex changed hands several times and was finally acquired by the industrialist Theodor Freiherr von Cramer-Klett as his family's country residence and transformed into a castle, above all by his son. Today, the castle is owned by the Federal Republic of Germany and is used as a vacation and recreation home.