Laufen Castle

The Laufen Castle is a castle in the town of Laufen-Uhwiesen in the outer office of the district Andelfingen , the Zürcher Weinland in northern canton of Zurich in Switzerland .

location

Rhine Falls with Laufen Castle

The castle is located on the left bank of the Rhine in its section between Lake Constance and Basel on a steep rock above the Rhine Falls and offers a view of the Rhine and the waterfall . A footpath leads from the castle to the Känzeli, where the visitor can view the Rhine Falls up close. There is an SBB stop directly under the castle , where the S12 and S33 from Winterthur to Schaffhausen stop.

history

Laufen Castle and the Rhine Falls on an engraving by Matthäus Merian 1642

Laufen Castle was first mentioned in a document in 858 AD. The castle was the ancestral seat of the Barons von Laufen. The castle lord or his bailiff was responsible for advocacy of the neighboring communities, while the basic rule of the Bishop of Constance belonged. In 1544 the city of Zurich purchased the castle. Major structural changes were made between 1544 and 1547 under the rule of Zurich. During the Helvetic Republic , feudal rule came to an abrupt end with the French invasion in 1798 . From 1799 to 1804 Johann Heinrich Bleuler the Elder established a painter's studio here. His son Louis Bleuler opened the Bleuler painting school in 1830, first as a tenant and in 1845 as the owner . In 1941, Laufen Castle became the property of the Canton of Zurich. Today there is a restaurant in the castle and a youth hostel until October 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Schloss Laufen - Collection of images, videos and audio files

47.676666666667 8615Coordinates: 47 ° 40 ′ 36 " N , 8 ° 36 ′ 54" E ; CH1903: 688,340 / two hundred eighty-one thousand three hundred thirty-three