En un regard
Le château en bref
The Jagdschloss in Zwingenberg, on the Bergstraße in Hesse, is a former hunting lodge of the Landgraves of Hesse built in 1563 under Philip the Magnanimous, south of the market square. A late Renaissance rubble-stone building, it has a gabled roof and a south gable with scrolls. After 1670 it served as the Kellerei, the landgraviate's fiscal administration; burnt by French troops in 1693, it was rebuilt in the early 18th century. From 1803 to 1934 it housed the district office, with a court until 1879 and then a local court. Bought by the town in 1978 and renovated from 1986 to 1988, it now holds social housing, a seniors' meeting place, public rooms, a basement theatre and exhibitions. It is a protected monument in Hesse.