Aschau is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the district of
Mühldorf in
Bavaria
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in
Germany with about 3400 inhabitants (2020).
Notable people
* Johannes Muschol (1949–1981); a member of the GDR border troops shot the German citizen as he jumped over the
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall (german: Berliner Mauer, ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany (GDR). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the governme ...
into the death strip.
*
Joseph Ratzinger
Pope Benedict XVI ( la, Benedictus XVI; it, Benedetto XVI; german: link=no, Benedikt XVI.; born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, , on 16 April 1927) is a retired prelate of the Catholic church who served as the head of the Church and the sovereign ...
(1927-2022), Pope Benedict XVI, spent his elementary school years from 1932 to 1937 in Aschau am Inn.
References
Mühldorf (district)
Populated places on the Inn (river)
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