Built in 1788/89, the Spielhaus building (Spielhaus) was one of the last additions to the English Garden of Hohenheim. Tuscan columns, which carried the entablature and balustrade, structured the front into five longitudinal and three transversal axes. The building featured a large hall, furnished with only 22 cane armchairs and two ovens, inviting visitors to play on a rainy day.
It had to be restored in both 1810 and again in 1816. In 1841, the Spielhaus was rebuilt again, the columns were removed, and an apartment for a gardener was added. The new walls of the Spielhaus were decorated with water color paintings by Joseph Nelar with Heideloff scenes of the garden complex. Starting in 1929, church services took place there. Today, the Spielhaus houses a museum on the history of Hohenheim.
