Charlottenfels
Charlottenfels is a villa on a rock above the Rhine in the municipality of Neuhausen am Rheinfall in the canton of Schaffhausen ( Switzerland ). The industrial pioneer Heinrich Moser (1805–1874) was the builder and owner of the building and the associated estate. In the literature, the name Schloss Charlottenfels is often used.
History of origin
After his return from the Russian Empire , Heinrich Moser had the oriental-looking country house built outside the city of Schaffhausen in the middle of the 19th century. He built the villa for his wife Charlotte and their five children as a family home. Hans Bendel made frescoes (“Oath on the Rütli”, “Mourning for Winkelried”, “Nikolaus von der Flüe in Stans”, “Schultheiss Wengli”).
The son Henri Moser (1844–1923) bought the property back in 1906 after changing hands several times and gave it to the canton of Schaffhausen a little later.
Current usage
Today the estate is available to public educational institutions: the agricultural school of the vocational training center (BBZ), the kindergarten and the «altra Schaffhausen Foundation». The Schaffhausen government council uses the premises for conferences and receptions. The new construction of the Galgenbuck tunnel and the location directly above the portal in the railway valley mean that the Schaffhausen estate and the Rhine are clearly visible again.
literature
- Mandy Ranneberg, Nathalie Walter: Estate and Charlottenfels Palace . Society for Swiss Art History GSK, Bern 2015, ISBN 978-3-03797-182-6 , p. 36 .
Web links
- Society for Swiss Art History: Charlottenfels Estate and Palace
- www.schaffhausen-foto-archiv.ch/charlottenfels
- Canton of Schaffhausen: Charlottenfels
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mandy Ranneberg, Nathalie Walter: Estate and Schloss Charlottenfels p. 5 .
Coordinates: 47 ° 41 ′ 26 " N , 8 ° 37 ′ 13" E ; CH1903: 688 713 / 282 883