Schloss Waldenbuch, Renaissance hunting lodge in Waldenbuch, Germany

Schloss Waldenbuch is a rectangular Renaissance building with a spiral staircase tower and pointed arch windows from an earlier church. The structure served as a hunting residence for centuries and now contains exhibition spaces dedicated to domestic life and everyday culture.

The castle was first mentioned in 1381 and took its current Renaissance form between 1562 and 1566 under Duke Christoph. Major expansions followed in the early 1600s under Duke Friedrich I.

The castle houses a museum dedicated to everyday life and how people from rural and urban areas lived across different time periods. Visitors can see objects that shaped daily routines and domestic spaces in centuries past.

The castle itself is a private residence and cannot be visited; only the Museum der Alltagskultur inside it is open to the public, run by the Landesmuseum Württemberg. The museum covers 2,500 m² of exhibition space, so allow enough time for the displays. Parts of the building damaged were restored in 2021.

The last court hunt at Waldenbuch on 6 November 1812 brought down 233 wild boar, 297 red deer and 211 roe deer. After that the dukes moved their hunting to Bebenhausen monastery, and the castle later served as a military hospital and a prison.