Vufflens Castle

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Vufflens Castle
Vufflens Castle from the south-east

Vufflens Castle from the south-east

Alternative name (s): Château de Vufflens
Creation time : 15th century
Conservation status: Receive
Place: Vufflens-le-Château
Geographical location 46 ° 31 '29.3 "  N , 6 ° 28' 34.6"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 31 '29.3 "  N , 6 ° 28' 34.6"  E ; CH1903:  five hundred twenty-six thousand one hundred and sixty  /  153065
Height: 473  m above sea level M.
Vufflens Castle (Canton of Vaud)
Vufflens Castle

Vufflens Castle ( French Château de Vufflens ) stands 473 m above sea level. M. in the political municipality of Vufflens-le-Château in the Morges district of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland . It was built in the early 15th century on the site of a 13th century castle. It is considered one of the most important castles in western Switzerland.

history

Vufflens Castle was built between 1420 and 1430 under Henri de Colombier (around 1368–1437, German : Heinrich von Colombier), advisor and confidante of Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy . In 1385, through his marriage to Jaquete de Duin, De Colombier came into the possession of a 13th century castle on this site, which he had demolished in order to build a new, spacious residence on its foundation walls. For this he commissioned an Italian builder who used brick as a building material to build a representative residential palace. He was inspired by Piedmontese castle buildings.

After Henri de Colombier died, Vufflens Castle fell to his son Richard in 1438, who in turn passed it on to his descendants. The castle remained in the possession of this family until it became extinct with the death of Philibert de Colombier in 1544. In this era, the property was pillaged by Bernese troops in 1530, during the clashes between the Savoy nobility and the Bern- supported city of Geneva . In 1536, however, Vufflens Castle suffered no damage when the Vaud region was conquered by the Bernese under Hans Franz Nägeli .

Under Bernese sovereignty, Vufflens Castle changed hands several times after 1544. In 1590 Ludwig von Erlach (1543–1597) and Ulrich Koch († 1599) were enfeoffed as co-lords of Vufflens. In 1630 Vufflens passed through the marriage of Marie Quay (1605–1676) to François IV. De Senarclens (1599–1657) in the possession of the de Senarclens family . Vufflens Castle was extensively restored in 1860. By marriage it came into the possession of Jules Faesch (1833–1895) and then of Ferdinand de Saussure (1857–1913), whose descendants still own Vufflens Castle today. Viewing by the public is not possible.

description

The most striking part of Vufflens Castle is the 60 m high square donjon . This is surrounded by four lower towers, which are connected to one another by a battlement with machicolations ( wreath of machicolations ). The keep is separated from the adjoining residential building to the east by an inner courtyard. This too is flanked by four round corner towers and provided with machicolations.

Viticulture

Vufflens Castle also has an 8 hectare vineyard, which is leased to the wine trading company "Bolle & Cie SA" from Morges . Vinified , the wine is, however, it is stored in the adjacent to the castle "Domaine du Plessis" in the vaulted cellars of the castle Vufflens. Since 2007 Vufflens Castle has been a member of the "Clos, Domaines & Châteaus", an association of historic Vaudois wineries and castles.

literature

  • Eugen Probst (Red.): The castles and palaces of Switzerland, Canton Waadt Part II. Birkhäuser and Cie, Basel 1931–1932
  • François Forel-Baenziger / Marcel Grandjean: Le château de Vufflens. Témoin de l'histoire , Lausanne 1996, ISBN 9782884541107 . (= Bibliothèque historique vaudoise , vol. 110).
  • Marcel Grandjean: Le chateau de Vufflens: (vers 1415 – vers 1430): notes sur sa construction, son esthétique et sa valeur défensive , K. Schwegler 1995.
  • Wolf Maync: Bernese patrician seats in welschen Landen , Bern 1985.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maync 1985, p. 28.