St. Andreas Castle
| St. Andreas Castle | ||
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 St. Andreas Castle |
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| Creation time : | First mentioned in 858 | |
| Conservation status: | Receive | |
| Place: | Cham | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 10 '43.5 " N , 8 ° 27' 58.5" E | |
| Height: | 430 m above sea level M. | |
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The St. Andreas Castle is a building in the style of historicism in Cham in the canton of Zug in Switzerland . The castle designed by Dagobert Keizer is located on a small hill on a headland on the north shore of Lake Zug . It has been included in the Swiss inventory of cultural assets of national importance and is not publicly accessible.
history
The then St. Andreas Castle was converted into a fortress in the 14th century because of its strategically important location. A moat was built against the bank . Until 1370 the castle belonged to the Lords of Hünenberg . For financial reasons they had to sell all goods, including the castle. It came into the possession of the Habsburgs, with whom the Confederates had been at war for decades because of their rights.
The city of Zug joined the Confederation in 1352. There were four ports of importance to the war on Lake Zug. The ports of Immensee, Zug and Arth were already under the control of the Confederates, but the fourth and most important port, St. Andreas, was not. In 1382 the Zugers besieged the fortress and tried to bring it under their control. Four years later, in connection with the ensuing battle near Sempach , the fortress was taken with the help of the Schwyz.
The owner changed several times in the following centuries. In 1775, the Zug land clerk Franz Fidel Landtwing brought his vast fortune from his services in France, including the castle he had acquired in 1747, to a Fideikommiss .
The castle was used as a horse stable and prison camp during the French occupation of Switzerland from 1798 to 1815 and fell into disrepair. Towards the end of the 19th century, the habitability was restored by the new tenant, architect and colonel division officer Heinrich Viktor von Segesser . Heinrich Viktor von Segesser died in 1900.
In 1903 Adelheid Page-Schwerzmann bought the palace complex. The Catholic parish of Cham-Hünenberg took over the chapel and chaplaincy. The Hirsgarten to the west, the public bathing establishment, went to the community of Cham. The palace and park, including the outbuildings, are now privately owned by a community of heirs from the von Schulthess Rechberg family.
Park
The more than 67,000 m² English Park with remarkable old trees was designed by Otto Fröbel, son of Leopold Karl Theodor Fröbels . Today it is one of the few facilities of its time that have largely been preserved in its original form. The park is located on the castle hill and opens onto Lake Zug. The planting is varied, with North American plant species being a focus. The park is opened to the public twice a year, when the rhododendrons are in bloom and on Switzerland's national holiday on August 1st.
Web links
- Website for the gardens of St. Andreas Castle
- Castle world: St. Andreas Castle
- swisscastles.ch: Sankt Andreas Cham Castle
- Information on St. Andreas Castle
Individual evidence
- ^ Renato Morosoli: Landtwing, Franz Fidel. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
