Interlaken Castle

The Interlaken Castle is a castle in the town of Interlaken in the canton of Bern .

history

In the place of the current building there was an Augustinian monastery , which was first mentioned in 1133. In 1525 the monastery was dissolved during the Reformation and ownership of the monastery went to the state of Bern . In 1748, today's castle was built on the site of the former monastery as the seat of the Bernese bailiff .

Today the castle is the seat of the governor, various offices and the court. The castle has been completely renovated since 2009. The total costs amount to 4.5 million francs.

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Art guide through Switzerland - Volume 3 - 1st edition 2006 - Society for Swiss Art History

Web links

Commons : Interlaken Castle - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Barbara Studer: Interlaken (monastery, administrative district). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

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