Königliche Jagdhütte, Royal hunting cabin in Breitenholz, Ammerbuch, Germany

The Königliche Jagdhütte is a log cabin built in 1888 on the Steingart plateau in Breitenholz. Its dark brown horizontal log walls sit on a low stone base, with a steep gable roof of reddish-brown tiles. The left side has a covered porch behind a crisscross wooden fence; the right gable end has vertical red plank siding and white-framed windows. Inside are a living room, an anteroom used as a kitchen, a cellar, a horse stable and a carriage house.

Prince Wilhelm of Württemberg commissioned this hunting cabin in 1888 and later used it as a preferred place for handling government matters. The building became woven into the political and social life of its era.

The guestbook records Kaiser Wilhelm II's entry in 1893, the year the Kaiserlinde was planted beside the cabin. Later entries list hunts and festivities attended by foresters, woodworkers and hunters with their guests. Federal Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger often spent weekends conducting politics from the lodge.

The cabin can be reached via several trails from Entringen and Bebenhausen, though path conditions may vary by season. It is advisable to bring weather-appropriate clothing and good walking shoes, as the terrain is hilly.

The Signal Oak beside the cabin replaced an older tree of the same name that stood outside today's fence; flag signals raised there could be seen from the Wurmlingen chapel. The plateau once carried low beeches used to feed the horses, and the path is still called Futterbuchenweg.