HOHENASPERG, an ancient fortress of Germany, in the Land of Wurttemberg, Io m. N. of Stuttgart, stands on a con ical hill (1, I oo ft.), overlooking the town of Asperg. It was form erly strongly fortified and was long the State prison of Wurttem berg. Hohenasperg originally belonged to the counts of Calw; it next passed to the counts palatine of Tubingen and from them was acquired in 1308 by Wurttemberg.