Schloss Kirchheim in Schwaben, Renaissance palace in Kirchheim in Schwaben, Germany.

Schloss Kirchheim in Schwaben is a Renaissance palace in the Bavarian village of Kirchheim in Schwaben, made up of several wings arranged around inner courtyards. The front facade, large park, and carefully worked architectural details divide the complex into clearly readable sections.

Hans Fugger commissioned architect Jakob Eschay to build the palace between 1578 and 1585. The design drew on the Spanish royal complex of El Escorial, bringing that architectural language to southern Germany for the first time.

The cedar hall inside the palace has a natural acoustic quality that makes it a favored space for concerts today. Visitors who attend a performance there can hear how the wood and room shape carry sound across the space.

The castle is still lived in by the Fugger family and is not open to the public; only the Cedar Hall can be visited. The complex stands in the village of Kirchheim in Swabia, and the parish church built by Jakob Eschay in 1580–1583 stands next to it.

The cedar hall's coffered ceiling, carved by Wendel Dietrich, is held to the roof structure by 400 iron bands forged by Augsburg smith Michael Mezger. Its cedar wood, probably from Lebanon, forms the dark background above more than ten other woods, including lime, oak, yew and Swiss pine.