Jagdschloss Windenhütte, Historic hunting lodge in Thale, Germany.

Jagdschloss Windenhütte is a stone building standing at 452 meters elevation on the northern edge of Blockhauswiese in the Lower Harz region. This forest-surrounded structure now operates as a hotel with nine rooms, garden balconies, and complimentary wireless internet access.

In 1872 Duke William of Brunswick had a wooden hunting hut built on his forest estate in the former Blankenburg district, at the edge of a glade in the Zu den Winden fields; it was named Windenhütte. About 50 metres away, Prince-Regent Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg had the Ducal Hunting Lodge Windenhütte built in solid stone between 1906 and 1908. After 1945 the forestry authorities of the GDR took over the house and in 1955 passed it to the Institut Gatersleben, which used it as a holiday home; a side annex with a dining hall followed in 1978.

The building takes its name from the Windenhütte location and shifted from a hunting lodge after 1945 to serve as a forestry office. Later it became a holiday residence for research institute employees.

The location is accessible via forest hiking trails and serves as a good stopping point on longer walks. Visitors should bring weatherproof clothing and be prepared for elevation changes.

The building is registered as checkpoint number 59 in the Harzer Wandernadel hiking system, a stamp-collecting program with stations throughout the Harz. Hikers who gather all or many stamps receive souvenirs and certificates.