Schloss Pöggstall, Renaissance castle and legal history museum in Pöggstall, Austria.

Schloss Pöggstall is a castle featuring Renaissance elements located in Pöggstall, which now houses a museum dedicated to legal history. The building contains an inner courtyard with stone spiral staircases, decorated Renaissance doorways, and halls representing different architectural periods.

The core of the massive building dates from the 13th century. Kaspar von Rogendorf expanded it at the end of the 15th century, and it long belonged to the Maissau family. From 1795 to 1919 it was held by a family fund established with part of Emperor Franz I's fortune to provide for members of Maria Theresa's and Joseph II's families; the fund was expropriated in 1919. The municipality bought the castle in 1986.

The museum inside tells the story of how justice and courts worked in this region through displays and objects. Visitors can see how legal decisions shaped daily life for ordinary people.

The castle stands in the centre of the market town of Pöggstall in the Waldviertel. The legal history museum has occupied the building since 1988 and reopened in 2011 after renovation; the market community and, from 2023, a branch of the Melk district authority also use the building. The original torture chamber from 1593 is the reason the collection was moved here.

The castle holds Austria's only fully preserved torture chamber, dating from 1593. It was the deciding reason the legal history collection moved here in 1988, after its lease at Schloss Greillenstein was cancelled.