Schloss Brunnwald, Hunting château in Vorderweißenbach, Austria.

Schloss Brunnwald is a hunting castle in Vorderweißenbach, Austria, built from stone and surrounded by forest. A prominent four-story tower rises from the main building and forms the most recognizable feature of the structure.

The building was erected between 1724 and 1727 in the middle of the Brunnwald forest and expanded between 1839 and 1840 into a Starhemberg hunting castle. A fire on 30 July 1907 largely destroyed it, after which the castle was rebuilt; the four-storey tower projecting from the masonry dates from that reconstruction. In 1939 the National Socialists seized it and used it as an NSV mothers' home.

The castle served the Protestant community as a place of worship and later housed a maternity ward after World War II. These roles reveal how a noble residence became woven into the daily needs of local people.

The interior of the castle is not open to visitors, but you can walk around the exterior and explore the forest paths nearby. The surrounding woodland makes it easy to approach the building and enjoy the natural setting.

The castle remains in the hands of the Starhemberg family and operates as a private guesthouse since 1993. This continuity of ownership and purpose across generations makes it unusual among castles that often change hands or become public museums.