Aschau am Inn

Aschau am Inn
Municipality
Aschau in winter
Coat of arms
Location of Aschau am Inn within Mühldorf am Inn district
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Coordinates: 48°12′N 12°21′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Oberbayern
District	Mühldorf am Inn
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Christian Weyrich[1]
Area
• Total	20.79 km^2 (8.03 sq mi)
Elevation	457 m (1,499 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,487
• Density	170/km^2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	84544
Dialling codes	08638
Vehicle registration	MÜ
Website	www.aschau-a-inn.de

Aschau is a municipality in the district of Mühldorf in Bavaria 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 into the death strip.
• Joseph Ratzinger (1927-2022), Pope Benedict XVI, spent his elementary school years from 1932 to 1937 in Aschau am Inn.

References

1. Liste der ersten Bürgermeister/Oberbürgermeister in kreisangehörigen Gemeinden, Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, 15 July 2021.
2. Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011).