Schloss Esting, Medieval castle in Olching, Germany.

Schloss Esting is a two-storey, free-standing rendered building with a crow-stepped gable, its core dating from around 1700 and a Gothicising extension added in 1919. North of it stands the Vorwerk with the castle chapel, gatehouse and tower from the late 16th century, whose blind arcades and gatehouse were painted by Karl Sonner in 1924. A former estate building, also rendered and two-storey with a crow-stepped gable, dates from the first half of the 19th century, and the whole precinct is enclosed by a wall.

The lords "de Ehstingen" are documented in the 12th century and probably held Esting until the 14th century. In 1568 Apian calls the seat a "nobilis domus", then owned by the von Preysing family. Merchant Johannes Senser, leaseholder of the state tobacco monopoly, had the castle rebuilt around 1698/1700; in 1704 troops of the Duke of Marlborough destroyed it in the War of the Spanish Succession. Rebuilding lasted until 1764, and around 1919 a Gothic Revival remodelling followed.

The castle chapel stands in the Vorwerk, the service wing whose gatehouse and tower date from the late 16th century. In 1924 the Munich painter Karl Sonner decorated the blind arcades and the gatehouse with paintings, which survive with the chapel's original furnishings. The chapel is dedicated to St. Stephanus, whose parish church lies 190 m to the south.

Schloss Esting stands 190 m north of the St. Stephanus branch church in Esting, in the Olching municipality. The complex is a protected monument (D-1-79-142-4), and the medieval and early modern remains beneath the castle and chapel are recorded as a ground monument (D-1-7733-0221). The walled grounds are viewed from outside.

A copper engraving from 1701 by the mapmaker Wening shows the castle before its destruction and provides rare clues about how it once looked. This historical graphic is an important record for understanding the building's appearance before warfare damaged it.