The plateau on which the lodge stands today was first mentioned under the name Kehrdichannichts in 1651 and this name was later adopted by the schloss.
It was in response to the hunting reserve established in the immediate vicinity by Electoral Palatinate; they wanted to monitor their neighbours in the region and make the boundaries clear.
Following the seizure of the Palatinate during the French Revolution, the hunting lodge appears to have been razed in 1793.
The once two-storey building was converted in 1816 to a single storey under Bavarian rule and was used until 1891 as a forester's lodge.
According to legend, the name arose thus: during the hunt a servant went to the count in order to warn him of French soldiers sweeping through the forest.