Haag Castle (Ruin)

Haag Castle, also known as Schloss Haag, is the castle ruin of a moated castle in the market town of Haag in Upper Bavaria, in the district of Mühldorf am Inn in Bavaria.

Presumably, the castle was built by the noble free "de Haga" or "vom Hage" (County of Haag) in the 12th century, and passed through inheritance or sale to the noble free Gurren von Kirchdorf, who were henceforth called the Gurren von Haag, and then to the ministerial family of the Fraunberger, who ruled there until 1566. Due to secularization, the gradual demolition of the castle began around 1804.

The once large castle complex still shows today the core castle with a round curtain wall, parts of the zwinger, a gate tower, and the widely visible, impressive 42-meter-high residential tower, the so-called "Schlossturm" (Castle Tower). The lower part of the tower from around 1200 was later extended several times. The residential tower has a side length of twelve meters and three-meter-thick walls with an access at a height of seven meters. The last two floors have a fireplace and corner turrets from the 15th century. The large grand staircase from 1748 and the Lion Bridge are preserved. The moats served as a menagerie during the Baroque period.