Hagenwil Castle

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Hagenwil Castle

The Hagenwil Castle is a moated castle in Hagenwil bei Amriswil , Thurgau .

It was built in the early 13th century. The gentlemen of Hagenwil are also mentioned for the first time at this time. Rudolf von Hagenwil is said to have participated in the crusade of Frederick II and later donated a large part of his property to the St. Gallen monastery . In the following centuries, this set different feudal lords to the castle, such as those of Breitenlandenberg or von Paygrer. In 1405 the castle was besieged by troops of the city of St. Gallen during the Appenzell Wars, but not taken. In 1504 the Lords of Bernhausen owned the castle. During the Thirty Years' War it was sacked by Swedish troops in 1633 while they were besieging Constance. In 1684 Abbot Gallus had the castle converted into a summer residence for the abbots, the year 1741 on the main gate refers to it.

After the abbey was abolished in 1806, the manager at the time, Benedikt Angehrn, bought it. Today it is in the seventh generation of the family who, among other things, run a restaurant in the castle. Other parts of the castle are inhabited.

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  • Hagenwil Castle (west side) and the tower of St. Johannes Baptist

  • Main entrance with drawbridge

  • The old cider cellar is used as a meeting room

  • The castle chapel is often used for weddings

  • The castle is completely surrounded by a moat that is used as a fish pond.

  • Inner courtyard of the Wasserschloss Hagenwil.

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Coordinates: 47 ° 31 '45 "  N , 9 ° 18' 18.7"  E ; CH1903:  seven hundred and forty thousand five hundred fifty-two  /  two hundred sixty-five thousand nine hundred forty-two