Pasing Water Castle

There is scant news and testimonies about Pasing in the Middle Ages. Several monasteries, u. a. Scharnitz-Schlehdorf Abbey, Schäftlarn Abbey and Benediktbeuern Abbey were able to acquire real estate in Pasing. Significant influence, however, had the Freisinger Bishop.
The fiefdom of the Hochstift Freising remained until the secularization in 1803 exist, the ministerials had until then their headquarters on the so-called moated castle, a flooded by the Würm castle-like fortification, which remained until 1803 stately center.The over-indebted Berchem family sold in 1814 the Hofmarkbesitz to the civil list of King Max I Joseph; Thus, the moated castle was owned by the house Wittelsbach. After it had passed in 1817 to Prince Carl, it was demolished and built on the southern outskirts a country castle, which was expanded in 1869 to the present Gatterburg Castle.de.wikipedia.org

The Pasing moated castle is not quite visible from the path