Schauenstein Castle

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Schauenstein Castle; in the background the Piz Beverin

The Schauenstein Castle , also called "Upper castle" is in Fuerstenau in Domleschg in the Swiss canton of Grisons . Together with the other castle of Fürstenau, the episcopal or "lower castle", it originally formed part of the medieval fortifications.

history

Portal on the west wing

The core of the Schauenstein Castle consists of a tower, the original eastern end of the old fortification. The foundations of that time have been preserved in the sauna. Around 1670, the two cousins ​​Rudolf and Johann Rudolf von Schauenstein acquired the crumbling building from the possession of the Bishop of Chur and included it in a new building. The current appearance of the castle still goes back to this extension.

On the portal of the west wing, in addition to the year 1667, the initials and alliance coat of arms of Baron Johann Rudolf and his wife Emilie, née Molina, remind of the builders of the complex.

East facade

In 1732 the last Baron von Schauenstein sold the castle to Carl Ulysses von Stampa. On October 27, 1742, Fürstenau and the castle were destroyed by fire and rebuilt in its eastern part. The southern part was restored much more easily. In 1769 Barbara von Planta from Geneva bought the castle from the widow Stampas for her son Major Friedrich von Planta, who brought the paintings on canvas with shepherd scenes in the salon to Fürstenau from Paris around 1790 . In 1813, Schauenstein Castle was sold to Conradin von Planta from Zuoz . From 1824 to 1840, the western part of the castle served as a home of education, in which young people from Italian and Romanesque valleys were prepared for the canton school. The school closed in 1840 and the house began to fall apart.

In 1863, Peter von Planta from Zuoz bought the building. After his death in 1910, Robert von Planta had the house renovated from 1910 to 1912 by the renowned Graubünden architects Schäfer and Risch, making it a meeting place for artists and scientists. The castle was sold by Gaudenz von Planta to Rudolf Schoeller in 1941, and from there in 1961 to Emser Werke . In 1998 it was acquired by the Heinrich Schwendener Foundation from Sils im Domleschg . The castle is still owned by the Heinrich Schwendener Foundation.

In 2003, head chef Andreas Caminada and Sieglinde Zottmaier renovated the house as tenants. Since then, Schloss Schauenstein has been run as a restaurant and hotel. In 2010 the restaurant was awarded 3 stars in the Michelin Guide and 19 Gault-Millau points . In 2011, Schloss Schauenstein made it to 23rd place in the S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants .

Remisa

Remisa

In December 2011, Caminada opened the “Remisa La Tavlada” in the former coachman's workshop in the south of the castle; the Romanesque name for "house for table company". In the afternoon, small dishes are served at the long larch table, in the evening the Remisa groups are available to groups.

gallery

  • Salon with French paintings

  • Smoking room

  • suite

  • columns

literature

  • Otto P. Clavadetscher, Werner Meyer : The castle book of Graubünden . Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-280-01319-4
  • Ludmila Seifert, Leza Dosch: Art guide through Graubünden : Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2008
  • Fritz Hauswirth: Castles and palaces in Switzerland . Volume 9. Neptun Verlag. Kreuzlingen, 1972

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schloss Schauenstein
  2. ↑ S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013 ; accessed on February 1, 2016 .
  3. ^ Schloss Schauenstein in Gourmet Olympus
  4. ↑ Sunday newspaper

Coordinates: 46 ° 43 '16.5 "  N , 9 ° 26' 46.6"  E ; CH1903:  753471  /  176 414