History

• AD 1055 - First documentary mention; Duke Welf I of Bavaria builds a castle on the Schlossberg

• 1155 - Emperor Frederick Barbarossa stays in Peiting
• 1191 - Welf VI dies in Italy
• Up to 1343 - Firstly in the possession of the Hohenstaufens, then the Wittelsbachs
• 1618-48 - Swedish troops destroy the town and the remains of the Welf castle