Schochwitz

{{Infobox German location

|type = Ortsteil

|Municipality = Salzatal

|image_photo = Schloss Schochwitz.JPG

|image_caption = Schochwitz castle

|image_coa =

|coordinates = {{coord|51|31|49|N|11|45|9|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|state = Sachsen-Anhalt

|district = Saalekreis

|elevation = 123

|area = 15.81

|population = 1251

|Stand = 2006-12-31

|postal_code = 06179

|area_code = 034609

|website =

}}

Schochwitz is a village and a former municipality in the district Saalekreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it has been part of the municipality Salzatal.{{cite web|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Laender-Regionen/Regionales/Gemeindeverzeichnis/Namens-Grenz-Aenderung/2010.html|title=Gebietsänderungen vom 01. Januar bis 31. Dezember 2010|publisher=Federal Statistical Office of Germany|access-date=8 November 2024|language=de}}

The historical Schochwitz castle, the most important landmark in the village, where Crusaders left to fight and witches were burned in the Middle Ages, is now a meditation and spiritual center attracting visitors from all over the world, and is owned by Countess Ingrid Zerfowski and her husband Lord Jimmy Welsh.{{cite web |url=http://www.mz-web.de/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=ksta/page&atype=ksArtikel&aid=1246046511748 |title=Mobiliar aus vielen Ländern - mz-web.de |website=www.mz-web.de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719114849/http://www.mz-web.de/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=ksta/page&atype=ksArtikel&aid=1246046511748 |archive-date=2011-07-19}}