Aschau im Chiemgau is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

and a village in the district of

Rosenheim Rosenheim is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is an independent city located in the centre of the district of Rosenheim (Upper Bavaria), and is also the seat of its administration. It is located on the west bank of the Inn at the confluence of the ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Transport

Aschau im Chiemgau station Aschau (Chiemgau) station is a railway station in the municipality of Aschau im Chiemgau, located in the Rosenheim district in Bavaria, Germany. The main building at Hans-Clarin-Platz was built in 1884 Events January–March * ...

is on the

Chiemgau Railway The Chiemgau Railway (German: ''Chiemgaubahn'') is a single-tracked, railway line between Prien am Chiemsee and Aschau im Chiemgau in the state of Bavaria in southern Germany. It is timetabled as route no. 952. Operation and History In 1875 ...

Personalities

Hans Clarin Hans Clarin (14 September 1929 – 28 August 2005) was a German actor. He became a well-known voice actor of characters in children audio plays, particularly the kobold ''Pumuckl'' (including its TV and cinematic film adaptations), the German voic ...

(1929-2005), actor and synchronist * Location of Christian Wolff (born 1938), actor *

Franz Halder Franz Halder (30 June 1884 – 2 April 1972) was a German general and the chief of staff of the Oberkommando des Heeres, Army High Command (OKH) in Nazi Germany from 1938 until September 1942. During World War II, he directed the planning and i ...

, Chief of the General Staff of the German Army High Command, died here in 1972 *

Peter Michael Hamel Peter Michael Hamel (born 15 July 1947 in Munich) is a German composer. His works have been associated with the minimalist style of composition, and in the late 1970s with the New Simplicity movement. He is the son of the film director Peter ...

(born 1947), composer, founded the intercultural music institute in Aschau in 1998 * Effective place of Heinz Winkler (chef) (born 1949), cook *

Kurt Zeitzler Kurt Zeitzler (9 June 1895 – 25 September 1963) was a Chief of the Army General Staff in the ''Wehrmacht'' of Nazi Germany during World War II. Zeitzler was almost exclusively a staff officer, serving as chief of staff in a corps, army, and a ...

, chief of the Army General Staff of the Wehrmacht, died here in 1963

Gallery

Image:Aschau Hohenaschau.JPG, View of Aschau im Chiemgau File:Sachrang, die Sankt Michael Kirche positie2 2012-08-07 11.20.JPG, Sachrang, church Sankt Michael

References

Rosenheim (district) Villages in Bavaria {{Rosenheimdistrict-geo-stub