Werdenberg Castle
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 Werdenberg Castle |
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| Creation time : | 1228 Construction of the keep | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Received or received substantial parts | |
| Standing position : | Count | |
| Place: | Grabs | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 10 '6.6 " N , 9 ° 27' 41.9" O | |
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Werdenberg Castle is located in Werdenberg , a town with historical town charter in the canton of St. Gallen in eastern Switzerland .
history
middle Ages
The construction of the keep began / to 1228 under Count Rudolf of Montfort . Its slightly trapezoidal floor plan measures around 11 meters on the outside and is consistently around 2 meters thick. In 1232 the palace and the curtain wall were built. The knight's hall dates from this time and has remained almost unchanged to this day. The stair hall was not built until the castle was expanded into a palace.
Around 1230/40 the brothers Rudolf I and Hugo II von Montfort shared the inheritance. Rudolf received the area mainly on the left bank of the Rhine; Werdenberg Castle was probably built under him. His descendants named themselves " von Werdenberg " after the castle . The castle was the seat of the Counts of Werdenberg from the sideline of the Heiligenberg until Rudolf II (died 1419/21) and Hugo V. von Werdenberg died without heirs. After that the castle changed hands frequently.
Early modern age
In 1483 it and the county came into the possession of Count Johann Peter von Sax-Misox , who two years later sold the rulership and castle to the federal state of Lucerne . Lucerne sold the remote rule in 1493 to the South Tyrolean barons Georg and Mathis von Castelwart. In 1498 Mathis von Castelwart again sold the rule to the barons of Hewen. In 1517 Wolfgang and Georg von Hewen sold the rulership including the castle to the federal state of Glarus , which means that the Glarus bailiffs resided at the castle from then on, and they replaced each other every three years.
In 1695 the castle fell victim to a fire on the occasion of a ceremony to mark the beginning of the term of office of the new governor Johannes Zweifel. It is believed that the fire broke out in the castle kitchen and then quickly spread to the wooden interior of the keep. In case of fire, the 1st and 2nd floor from were Palas and the roof destroyed. In the winter of the same year, new ceiling beams were installed in the keep.
After the collapse of the old Swiss Confederation in 1798, the Werdenberg rule was temporarily free and later assigned to the district of the same name in the Helvetian canton of Linth . After the dissolution of the canton of Linth and the re-establishment of the canton of St. Gallen, the castle and town were assigned to the municipality of Grabs in 1803 , with the castle remaining in Glarus ownership.
Todays use
In 1835 the neglected castle was bought by Johann Ulrich Hilty, the father of the legal scholar Carl Hilty (1833 to 1909). He had the premises gradually repaired, partially rebuilt and furnished in a grand style. The last resident of Werdenberg Castle was Frieda Hilty. During the warm months, she lived in the castle with her partner, Miss Hiller, and two employees. In 1956 she donated the building and its furnishings to the Canton of St. Gallen , which made it accessible to the public.
In 1960 the Pro Werdenberg Foundation was established, which initiated the restoration of the town. The castle is accessible as a museum and shows the private apartment of the Hilty family. In 1977 an exterior renovation of the castle was carried out.
In 1985, in the courtyard as the first opera of the Poacher by Albert Lortzing listed. Since then, cultural events such as the Werdenberg Castle Festival have been held in the castle again and again . The first season started in 2009 at Werdenberg Castle with a cultural program and installations by Pipilotti Rist and Niki Schawalder. The association Schloss Werdenberg is responsible for the cultural projects. The Schlossmediale, the international festival for early music, new music and audiovisual art, has been taking place annually since 2012 .
In 2015, after a year-long closure, the new exhibition opened at the castle and complements the Serpent House Regional Museum, which opened in 1998. A bistro in the castle courtyard and the information center complete the offer.
Werdenberg museums (Museum Schloss and Museum Schlangenhaus)
The previous museums in the Schlangenhaus and Schloss were reopened in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The permanent exhibitions show the history of the rulers at the castle and the common people in the town. There are regular special exhibitions. The museums are usually open from early April to late October.
Castle with the town of Werdenberg
Ritterstube
pharmacy
Castle kitchen
Small double bedroom
Snake house in the town of Werdenberg below the castle
Regional museum in the snake house
Castle media
Schlossmediale Werdenberg is an international festival for early music, new music and audiovisual art. Under the artistic direction of Mirella Weingarten, the Schlossmediale has been taking place every year since 2012 for ten days around Whitsun.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Lorenz Hollenstein: Werdenberg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- ↑ Opening times notification on the museum website, accessed on May 15, 2016
- ↑ History Review of schlossmediale.ch, accessed on May 15, 2016
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