Location
The mountain village with its traditional character is located at the southern end of the Prien Valley, against the backdrop of the Kaiser Mountains, not far from the Austrian border (Tyrol). Surrounded by the Chiemgau Alps, at the foot of the Geigelstein and Spitzstein mountains, Sachrang lies at an altitude of 738 meters above sea level.
History
Sachrang belonged to the Chiemgau endowment of the Salzburg suffragan diocese of Chiemsee, established in 1215. In the 13th century, Rüdiger von Walchen, a Salzburger, built a fortification and a tower, which, however, had to be demolished by order of the Bavarian dukes, who considered the construction to be illegal on Aschau territory. In the 15th century, the bishop enfeoffed the Freyberg family with Sachrang, who redeemed the feudal rights by purchase in 1529. The transformation from church property to a noble estate was thus complete. Sachrang belonged to the Hohenaschau manorial court and was a separate administrative district within this manor, overseeing 14 other settlements. Around the mid-18th century, the village consisted of eight properties. In 1827 (or possibly 1829), the rule of the Counts of Preysing at Hohenaschau Castle came to an end. The newly independent municipality of Sachrang was incorporated into the municipality of Aschau im Chiemgau during the Bavarian regional reform of 1978. The village has approximately 520 inhabitants.
Catholic Parish Church of St. Michael
The center of the village is the Baroque Church of St. Michael. The first church was Romanesque; the current building was erected in 1687/88 according to the plans of Giovanni Gaspare Zuccalli and Lorenzo Sciasca, with funds from the Counts of Preysing von Hohenaschau. On August 31, 1689, the Prince-Bishop of Chiemsee, Sigmund Ignaz Count Wolkenstein, consecrated the new church. The ceiling painting is by Simon Zaglacher and dates from 1768. In 1806, the branch church was elevated to a parish church.
The church served as a filming location for the ZDF comedy "Der Bergpfarrer" (The Mountain Priest) starring Stephan Luca.
Museum
The Müllner-Peter Museum, established by the municipality of Aschau and the Müllner-Peter-von-Sachrang Museum Association, opened in 2001 in the attic of the former schoolhouse (Schulstraße 3). On the first floor of the building is the teacher's room (Max Hickl) with furniture and exhibits from 1910. A medicinal herb garden is located next to the building, and the former classrooms are used by a kindergarten.
Notable People
Peter Huber (1766–1843),
known as Müllner-Peter, musician and polymath
Werner Herzog (born 1942),
film director. He grew up here.