Bremgarten Bei Bern - Heritage Sites of National Significance

Heritage Sites of National Significance

The Castle is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance. The region around Bremgarten is part of the Inventory of Swiss Heritage Sites.

During the Protestant Reformation in 1528, the last Commander of the Knights Hospitallers Münchenbuchsee Commandery, Peter Englisberg, supported the secularization of the Commandery and received Bremgarten Castle as a reward.

The Swiss painter Ricco grew up in the castle where his parents Max and Tilli Wassmer threw lavish parties with well-known poets, painters and composers. Hermann Hesse described the atmosphere in the short novel Journey to the East.

  • Bremgarten Castle

  • Garden front of Bremgarten Castle

  • The Rococo Hall of Bremgarten Castle

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