Gümligen Castle

Gümligen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Muri bei Bern of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.[1]

Gümligen Castle
Schloss Gümligen
Muri bei Bern
Coordinates46.9347°N 7.5153°E / 46.9347; 7.5153
TypeManor house
Site information
ConditionPreserved
Site history
Built1736

History

The manor house was built around 1736-39 for head postmaster Beat Fischer by the architect Albrecht Stürler in a late Baroque style. However, the elaborate building proved too expensive for the postmaster and in 1742 it was sold to Samuel Tiller, who then sold it in 1764 to Emanuel Karl Viktor Stürler. His widow then sold the estate in 1788 to their son in law, Friedrich Heinrich von Stürler. The castle remained in the von Stürler family for over two hundred years.

During World War II, from 1939 until 1941 it served as the headquarters and official residence for the Swiss General Henri Guisan.

In 2000, the von Stürler family sold the castle to a businessman, Willy Michel, who restored the building.[2][3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Kantonsliste A-Objekte". KGS Inventar (in German). Federal Office of Civil Protection. 2009. Archived from the original on 28 June 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  2. Municipal official website-History of Schloss Gümligen (in German) accessed 18 July 2012
  3. "Schloss Gümligen - Le château de Gümligen". www.swisscastles.ch (in French and German). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. Gesellschaft für Schweizerische Kunstgeschichte GSK. "Schloss Gümligen" (PDF). data.geo.admin.ch (in German). Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz. Retrieved 31 October 2020.


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