Brandis Castle

Brandis Castle
	Brandis Castle, copper engraving by Johann Ludwig Nöthiger , 1743.
Creation time :	13th Century
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Foundation walls, trench
Standing position :	Barons
Place:	Lützelflüh
Geographical location	47 ° 0 '47 " N , 7 ° 40' 41.5" E Coordinates: 47 ° 0 '47 " N , 7 ° 40' 41.5" E ; CH1903: six hundred and eighteen thousand two hundred and sixteen / 206 917

The castle Brandis is only as ruins preserved hilltop castle from the 13th century. It stands in the Swiss community of Lützelflüh in the canton of Bern , above the village of Lützelflüh on a rocky outcrop. Today remains of the wall and a ditch are still visible.

history

Brandis Castle was the ancestral seat of the Barons of Brandis from 1230 . From the castle they administered their property in the upper and middle Emmental during the 13th century . In 1337 the von Brandis were given the castle rights in Bern. In 1455 the family sold the rule to the Lords of Scharnachthal . Thereafter there were several changes of ownership until the castle came into the possession of the city of Bern in 1607 and became a Bernese bailiff .

During the French invasion in 1798, the castle burned to the ground .

Web links

Commons : Brandis Castle - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Martin Leonhard: from Brandis. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Burgenwelt: Brandis Castle