Böttstein Castle

Böttstein Castle
	Böttstein Castle
Creation time :	1100-1200
Conservation status:	receive
Place:	Böttstein
Geographical location	47 ° 33 '18 " N , 8 ° 13' 30.4" E Coordinates: 47 ° 33 '18 " N , 8 ° 13' 30.4" E ; CH1903: 659 198 / 267 439

The Böttstein Castle is a castle in the Canton of Aargau . It stands on the edge of the village of Böttstein on the left bank of the Aare .

history

View of the inner courtyard

Entrance to Böttstein Castle

The noble family of Barons von Böttstein lived in the castle from the 11th to the 13th centuries. In 1218, the knight Luthold von Böttstein transferred the church set to “Buckhein” ( Beuggen ), the Hardt Forest and the new Matten as a fief for a debt that was probably called von Beuggen afterwards to the nobleman Mangold Chelhalda von Rheinfelden and his sons Johannes and Mangold . Thereafter, Böttstein Castle and the property belonging to it, the Böttstein Church Set, passed to the Lords of Tiefenstein (Teufen). Hugo I, the eldest of the three von Tiefenstein brothers, who was married to Mechthild von Wart, sold this property to the Johannitern in Bubikon in 1239 . On June 5, 1606, the brothers Johann Peter von Roll, Knight, Hans Walther von Roll, Knight St. Stephen's Order, and Junker Karl Emmanuel von Roll bought the municipality of Böttstein for 1,800 guilders . They had inherited 574,000 guilders from their father. From 1615 to 1617 they built the palace complex with a manor house and chapel instead of the castle. As a result of the construction and the otherwise luxurious lifestyle, the inherited fortune was reduced to 35,000 guilders by 1674. Afterwards, the castle and the lands came into the possession of the Schmid family from Uri through marriage .

The von Schmid were very respected and popular in the village because they were very concerned about the well-being of the population and ensured everyone a livelihood. At that time it was the only way to earn income to work in the castle as a servant, maid or day laborer . A servant had an annual wage of 50 to 60 francs (2 francs = 1 gulden), a maid 30 to 40 francs, a day laborer 60 cents if he ate at home and 30 cents if he was fed in the castle. Thirty to forty people were employed throughout the year. Joseph von Schmid, known as "Hauptmann von Schmid", distinguished himself through particular progress in that he was the first to introduce the swap economy far and wide . In doing so, he became a mockery of the farmers who had no understanding for this farming method. But when they saw that he was now able to keep 22 cows instead of the previous six, the criticism fell silent and his advice was followed.

The most famous lord of the castle was the National Councilor and Councilor of States Karl von Schmid .

In the course of the construction of the Beznau nuclear power station by the NOK between 1965 and 1972, the NOK's technical staff set up in the castle. After that, the castle was converted into a hotel with a restaurant, which opened in 1974. The castle and chapel are now a listed building .

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Individual evidence

^ Franx X. Wöber: The Miller from and to Aichholz. Part 1, p. 28

[1] Franx X. Wöber: The Miller from and to Aichholz. Part 1, p. 28