The castle Hohenkammer is a listed castle in Hohenkammer in the district of Freising in Upper Bavaria. It is a four-winged complex with a canopy courtyard, four bay-like corner towers and a square gate tower. As Hofmarkschloss it was manor of Hofmark Hohenkammer.
The original castle Hohenkammer belonged to the first time in the
In the 11th century, Messrs. Camer and Kammer testified
who settled in 1042 in Hohenkammer.
The "High Lords of Camer" were Ministeriale of the Counts of Scheyern. From 1551 to 1801, the Hofmark Hohenkammer was owned by the Counts of Haslang, who built the Hohenkammer Castle in the second half of the 16th century.
After a devastating fire in 1648, it was rebuilt in Renaissance style. 1804 to 1821, the castle was owned by the Counts Preysing and then passed to the publisher Johann Friedrich Freiherr von Cotta.
Since 1833 it was owned by the family of Vequel-Westernach. Mechthilde Freiin of Vequel-Westernach moved into a small villa nearby (now Baronessvilla) and sold the castle in 1917 to the Raiffeisen cooperative. After varied use, it became a training center of the Bavarian Raiffeisen Central Bank in 1970 (later DZ Bank).
Since 2003, Schloss, Baroness-Villa and Gut Eichethof are owned by the Munich Reinsurance Company, which operates a hotel and conference center with three restaurants through the newly founded Schloss Hohenkammer GmbH in the castle. In 2007 the castle was renovated.
(Source: Wikipedia)