Allmendingen Castle (Switzerland)
The Schloss Allmendingen is a castle from the 16th century in the municipality Allmendingen bei Bern in the Swiss canton of Bern .
history
Judging by the architectural style, the castle seems to have been built in the 16th century. A door on the tower bears the year 1607. In the 18th century the castle was expanded into a campaign by the mayor Isaak Steiger and his son Franz Ludwig Steiger .
On September 17, 1946, Winston Churchill visited Allmendingen Castle.
literature
- Heinrich Türler and Emanuel Jirka Propper: The community center in the canton of Bern, Part II , Zurich 1922, p. LVIII and plate 76.
See also
Web links
Commons : Allmendingen Castle (Switzerland) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Photos and information on swisscastles.ch
Coordinates: 46 ° 54 '59.7 " N , 7 ° 31' 20.3" E ; CH1903: 606,374 / 196168