Can you visit Schloss Haigerloch?

The former palace church, now the parish church, is open, and the Atomkeller Museum built into the rock can also be visited.

What is Schloss Haigerloch known for?

It is known for its early 17th century Renaissance high altar and for the underground site where a nuclear fission experiment was carried out in 1945.

Who built the present Schloss Haigerloch?

Count Christoph of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch had the older stronghold rebuilt into a Renaissance castle under master builder Michael Beer in the late 16th century.

Can you still stay overnight at Schloss Haigerloch?

A hotel and cultural centre operated there for decades, but this activity ended in 2022.

Schloss Haigerloch

Haigerloch Castle

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Schloss Haigerloch stands in Haigerloch (Zollernalbkreis), in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

Schloss Haigerloch rises above the Eyach valley on the site of a stronghold first recorded in 1095. The counts of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch had it rebuilt into an extensive Renaissance complex under master builder Michael Beer, with a further wing added in 1700. The former palace church, now Haigerloch's parish church, holds a high altar consecrated in 1609 with more than sixty wooden figures, regarded as a major work of Renaissance sculpture in the Hohenzollern region. Beneath the rock on which the building stands, a wartime nuclear experiment site from the Second World War now houses the Atomkeller Museum.

What to know

The site is located in Haigerloch, in the Zollernalbkreis district, in Baden-Württemberg.
The former palace church now serves as the parish church and can be visited as a place of worship.
The Atomkeller Museum, dedicated to the 1945 nuclear experiment, is set in the rock beneath the castle.
The castle long housed a hotel and cultural centre, an activity that ended in 2022.
No opening hours, prices or access details are given here, so it is worth checking locally.

Where this château is

Haigerloch · Zollernalbkreis · Baden-Württemberg

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Schloss 1, 72401 Haigerloch

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Can you visit Schloss Haigerloch?: The former palace church, now the parish church, is open, and the Atomkeller Museum built into the rock can also be visited.
What is Schloss Haigerloch known for?: It is known for its early 17th century Renaissance high altar and for the underground site where a nuclear fission experiment was carried out in 1945.
Who built the present Schloss Haigerloch?: Count Christoph of Hohenzollern-Haigerloch had the older stronghold rebuilt into a Renaissance castle under master builder Michael Beer in the late 16th century.
Can you still stay overnight at Schloss Haigerloch?: A hotel and cultural centre operated there for decades, but this activity ended in 2022.