Schloss Windach

Schloss Windach stands in the village of Windach, part of the Landsberg am Lech district in Upper Bavaria. Built in 1610, it began as the seat of the local Hofmark, a small feudal estate. The Füll family, wealthy merchants from Munich, commissioned the new building after acquiring the estate in 1596. They were raised to the nobility in 1610 and held the estate until 1825. The von Pfetten family then took over, remaining until the line died out in 1944 with the death of Leutnant Karl Ignaz Heinrich Marquard Freiherr von Pfetten.

The rectangular castle once had four towers and now serves as the headquarters of the Windach administrative community. In the 19th century it gained an extra storey and a hipped roof. A stone wall with a gate and three smaller entrances surrounds the site, with wrought-iron railings adding to the entrance features. The south-east corner still shows a round tower from the 19th or 20th century. The entire complex is protected as a listed monument, and the buried remains beneath the former Hofmark are also recognised.

Visitors can walk freely through the castle park, which opens onto the surrounding countryside. The historic walls and gates date partly from the 17th and 18th centuries, while the west side was rebuilt in the 19th century. Inside the park, the castle itself presents a mix of original Renaissance lines and later additions. The listed status means the building and its grounds are preserved for public appreciation.