Emichsburg, Ruins of a hunting lodge in Eberbach, Germany

Emichsburg is a hunting lodge in ruins, standing at roughly 493 meters elevation in the Odenwald forest. The visible remains include foundation walls and a defensive tower that once anchored the structure.

Prince Karl von Leiningen built the hunting lodge in 1828 and named it after the old Leiningen property Emichsburg near Bockenheim. It was enlarged in 1829 after his wedding and given a tower-like structure in 1830. Uninhabited from 1840, it was partly demolished in 1844; tower and kitchen building were looted in the revolution of 1848, and the site was abandoned in the second half of the 19th century.

The name comes from the old Leiningen castle near Bockenheim in the Palatinate, a family possession; Prince Karl gave it to his new lodge in the Odenwald. The site is now a ruin in the forest, with only a tower stump and wall remnants left to see.

The site is accessible via multiple hiking trails that pass through the Naturpark Neckartal-Odenwald region. These paths offer varying difficulty levels and remain open throughout the year.

In 1833, a lynx was shot not far from the Emichsburg, the last one recorded in the Odenwald. The animal was killed only a few years after the hunting lodge was built, while the building was still in use by the Leiningen family.