Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences

thumb|Schadenweiler estate The university is located in the "Schadenweilerhof" (Schadenweiler estate) about two kilometers (ca. one mile) southern of the town, near the Rammert forest. On the place where the university is located today, the village Schadenweiler was situated until the 15th century. The village was donated to the Hirsau Abbey around 1100. By the 15th century, Schadenweiler vanished, the villagers vacated. In 1570 Werner von Themar established a noblemen's estate on the boundary.