Schloss Münchweiler, Baroque château in Wadern, Germany

Schloss Münchweiler is a Baroque castle in Wadern featuring multiple wings arranged around a central courtyard, all topped with slate roofing and decorated with period architectural details. The entire structure displays careful craftsmanship through its window frames, cornices, and balanced room layouts.

Franz Georg Zandt von Merl (1723–1785) had the residence built in three phases from 1749 to 1763, with Christian Kretzschmar, the leading architect of the Merzig region, in charge. Planned as a hunting lodge, it grew into a manor of High Baroque form, extended by two gabled fronts up to 1773. French troops were quartered here during the Revolution, and the family bought the estate back in 1801, though the furnishings were lost.

The castle chapel was originally in the right wing; in 1886 it moved to the garden-side wing, and its portal was taken from the Nepomuk chapel of the former Münchweiler ironworks. The town administration of Wadern keeps a wedding room in the building, and parts of the castle are open to the public again.

The castle now houses a hotel in its southern wing and a café where visitors can rest and refresh. When exploring the grounds, it helps to walk around the entire courtyard since each section offers different views of the building's details.

The honorary courtyard was unusually enclosed by economic and service buildings, some of which survive only as ruins. The portal was taken from the Nepomuk chapel of the former Münchweiler ironworks, and the chapel was moved to the garden wing in 1886.