Schloss Haggn, Medieval castle in Neukirchen, Germany

Schloss Haggn is a former water castle in Neukirchen, consisting of a two-story rectangular main building with a steep roof and two corner towers topped by bulbous onion domes. A simple gabled portico with a rounded arch leads into the house. The 18th-century economic buildings form a three-wing complex with a passage, and a small rectangular wing at the southwest corner houses the Rococo chapel of St. Aloysius.

The castle was first documented in 1336 under Johann Heinrich Steinberger. In the 17th century, Leopold von Rehlingen undertook major transformations that shaped the appearance we see today.

The castle chapel of St. Aloysius occupies the ground floor of the small rectangular wing at the southwest corner of the south side and dates from the Rococo period. The estate is privately owned and cannot be visited; the owner Klaus Rauschendorfer uses the Haggn estate with its castle park as an events venue.

Schloss Haggn is privately owned and cannot be visited inside; the estate with its castle park is used by owner Klaus Rauschendorfer as an event venue. The complex lies in the hamlet of Haggn, part of Neukirchen in the Straubing-Bogen district, at Haggn 24. Visitors can view the exterior with its two corner towers and the walled baroque garden parterre from the surrounding area.

The castle was originally built as a water fortress and still preserves remnants of its moat system along with a small pond at its northwest corner. Such water defenses were valued in medieval times for their added protection.