Schloss Malching

Schloss Malching stood in the village of Malching in Lower Bavaria, near the fortified church that shared its moat and walls. The site is now a scheduled monument, with remains buried beneath fields and gardens. A water-filled ditch once surrounded the square courtyard, and the whole complex linked to the church’s defences. The first written record of a seat here dates from 1380, when Jakob der Kolb sold the Kollmannslehen to Ulrich Fronhammer. By the 15th century the Karpfheimer family held the property, and in 1537 it passed to the Baumgartner brothers of Ering. After the Thirty Years War the Fronhamers rebuilt the castle, only for the Baumgartners to tear it down in 1750 and use its stone for Schloss Ering. Today the only visible trace is the churchyard wall with its key-slit loops and a former watch-tower at the west gate. The moat has long since been filled, and the old castle courtyard now lies under farmland. The parish house, built from the ruins, still stands along the roadside, its walls echoing the vanished fortress.