Hohengehren Castle

In Altbach, the Hohengehren Hunting Lodge today serves as the town hall. Its history is linked to the Dukes of Württemberg, who hunted here before the lodge found a new purpose in the 19th century.

The origins of the wildlife enclosures in the Schurwald, which surrounded the later hunting lodge, likely date back to Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Württemberg (1677–1733). Later rulers such as Duke Carl Eugen and King Friedrich I expanded the wildlife park, which was enclosed by a two-meter-high wall and secured at its eastern and western entrances by guardhouses. One such guardhouse, the Parkhaus in the east, has been preserved to this day. The hunting lodge was flanked by a dog kennel and a garden, while a courtyard was located at the rear and two ponds were created at the front.