Old Gerzensee Castle

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Old Gerzensee Castle (1978).

The old castle Gerzensee is a castle built around 1520 in the late Gothic style in the municipality of Gerzensee in the canton of Bern .

history

In place of the Gerzensee Castle , which burned down in 1518 , the Bernese mayor Jakob von Wattenwyl had a castle built at the foot of the castle hill, which was acquired by Colonel Balthasar Ambuel in 1652 . In 1757, the then Twingherr von Gerzensee, Franz Emanuel Anton von Graffenried, sold the castle after he had relocated his mansion to the New Castle . Around 1770 it came into the possession of the Bernese Wyss family for around 150 years .

One of the numerous residents was the uncle of the Bernese poet Rudolf von Tavel . The best-known owner in the 20th century was the Bernese art dealer Jürg Stuker (1914–1988).

literature

  • Jürg Stuker: The old Gerzensee Castle . Self-published, Bern 1958.
  • Franz Vollenweider: Gerzensee . Haupt (Berner Heimatbücher 111), Bern 1972, pp. 17-20, ISBN 3-258-02076-0 .

See also

Web links

Commons : Altes Schloss Gerzensee  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 46 ° 50 '21.9 "  N , 7 ° 32' 52.7"  E ; CH1903:  608 341  /  187592