Jagdhaus Kissel, Hunting lodge in the Thuringian Forest, Germany

Jagdhaus Kissel is a two-storey wooden hunting lodge on a masonry base, built in the rustic log-cabin style of a Swiss house on the southwest slope of the Kissel at 540 metres, about 3 km northeast of Waldfisch and 4 km northwest of Schloss Altenstein. Its facades were decorated with numerous hunting trophies.

Duke Georg II of Meiningen, a keen hunter, had the lodge built around 1868 in the Waldfisch forest below the Kissel; it was ready for use after 1871 and served as his hunting lodge and private retreat until Schloss Altenstein was completed. Around 1905, hiking and local-history enthusiasts founded the Kisselgemeinde and used the lodge as an excursion destination and regular venue for festivities. On 1 January 1919 the building passed to the Free State of Saxe-Meiningen and later to Thuringia.

The lodge served as a gathering place for hunters and nobility from the area who shared their passion for hunting in these woods. Its wooden design reflects regional Thuringian hunting traditions and shows how such buildings once functioned as private retreats for the upper classes.

The lodge sits at 540 metres on the southwest slope of the Kissel, about 3 km northeast of Waldfisch and 4 km northwest of Schloss Altenstein. A signposted asphalt access road branches off the L1126 shortly before Schweina and runs about 4 km to the former Hotel Forsthaus Kissel. The Pummplälz hiking trail also leads there. Sturdy shoes are advisable on the slope.

The lodge was a favorite spot for Prince Adalbert of Prussia and other Prussian nobility who came regularly to hunt. This connection to the Prussian aristocracy made it an important gathering point for the upper society of that era.