Hohengehren Castle

The Hohengehren Hunting Lodge formed the center of the former Hohengehren Wildlife Park.

The first game enclosures in the Schurwald probably originated with Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Württemberg (1677–1733). Duke Carl Eugen and King Friedrich I expanded the wildlife park, which was eventually surrounded by a two-meter-high wall, and whose entrances in the east and west were secured by gatehouses. The easternmost of these gatehouses, the so-called Parkhaus, has been preserved. It is located on the road between Baltmannsweiler and Weinstadt-Baach directly at the edge of the forest (Location48.7541459.436666) and is a private residence. The hunting lodge was flanked by a dog kennel in the southwest and a garden in the northeast. At the back of the castle was a courtyard, and in front of the building, two ponds were created, which, like the Schlösslesbrunnen west of the old castle area, are still preserved. The castle itself was sold in 1839, when King Wilhelm I dissolved the wildlife park, for 6049 guilders to the municipality of Altbach, which had the building dismantled and re-erected in Altbach (Location48.7221879.379875). To this day, it serves as the town hall there. The upper part of the building houses the council chamber, and the lower part contains actively used offices of the Altbach municipal administration.