Haggn Castle

In 1336, Johann Heinrich Steinberger in Hacken (Haggn) is first mentioned in a document. In 1414, Dietrich der Steinberger, the last of this family, died. The property then passed to Wilhelm and Kaspar Zenger, sons of the ducal marshal Berchthold Zenger. After Wilhelm's death, following some inheritance disputes among his children, the property passed to Ulrich der Waldauer. He bequeathed the property to his son Georg I, who in turn passed it to his son Georg II Dominikus. The latter had only four daughters, which is why the property passed through his sister Anna to her husband Balthasar Türriegl, who was a bailiff in Mitterfels. Around 1500, Hund is named as the owner of the castle, as are Margreth von Fraunberg and Alhard von Paulsdorf in Haggn around the same time. Balthasar Türriegl's son Burkhardt sold the property in 1559 to Balthasar Khürmreuter, the Degenberg bailiff in Schwarzach.

Balthasar Khürmreuter zu Drachselsried acquired the castle in Pürgl in 1562, in addition to Haggn Castle. His son Veit Adam had a daughter Barbara, who was married to Simon Preu. In 1681, he transferred the property to his cousin Leopold von Rehling. He was a toll collector and district judge in Straubing. His son Adam died childless, so his sister Maria Euphrosine inherited from him. In 1631, she married Hans Christian Asch. Thus, the property passed to his son Joseph Leopold Alois and again to his son Ignaz Franz Alois von Asch. With him, the Asch family in Haggn and Pürgl died out.

Joseph Clemens Alois von Asch, the son of Joseph Leopold, entered Windberg Monastery in 1768 and received the monastic name Norbert. After the dissolution of the convent in 1803, he lived at Haggn Castle until his death in 1819. His brother Clemens studied Catholic theology, became a parish priest in Feldkirchen and a canon in Regensburg.

In 1857, the property came into the possession of Ignaz Alois von Asch's son-in-law, Anton Freiherr von Schrenk. Of his three sons, Leopold Freiherr von Schrenk-Notzing inherited Haggn and Pürgl. He expanded the property by purchasing two farms in Dießenbach. He remained unmarried and died in 1920. Baron von Schrenk had built a power plant on his estate and supplied Haggn and Neukirchen with electricity.

The property changed hands through inheritance to Otto Freiherr von Berchem, who was married to a great-niece of the testator. Subsequently, the property passed to Marilies Falck, née Freiin von Berchem.

The late medieval moated castle was rebuilt and extended towards the end of the 17th century.