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Switzerland Travel Guide 2025

Worb Castle

  • Also Known As: Old Worb Castle
  • Address: 20 Schlossstalden
  • Vicinity: Castle 3, 6, Muhlestrasse
  • Type: Castle
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Worb Castle is a High Medieval castle in Worb, Switzerland, that has been expanded and rebuilt in several stages by the von Diesbach family. The palace, with an outer wall over 3 m thick, is a High Medieval rubblestone building. The ground floor hall features late Renaissance paneling and a coffered ceiling. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1050/00/00 Worb Castle is is erected on a rocky outcropping during the 11th century. The medieval sections include the keep, the palace, and the corner building at the base of the triangle, the so-called Knight's House.
1472/00/00 The keep and the palace are architecturally connected during the ownership of Niklaus von Diesbach. The carving on the spiral stone stairs, supported by buttresses, are unique in Bernese secular architecture.
1536/00/00 A large fireplace is installed in the groin-vaulted kitchen. The palace has an oak corner fireplace built in 1560. On the main floor, there are fir-tree doorways and doors, remnants of a early Renaissance paneling from the 2nd half of the 16C.
1594/00/00 A monumental sandstone fireplace, monogrammed H S is built in the second-highest hall of the main tower. The decorative paintings are probably executed by Anton Stooss.
1643/00/00 Worb Castle is enlarged with a new residential wing on the south side of the courtyard. The chambers will be luxuriously remodeled in the third quarter of the 18th century.
1668/00/00 Christopher von Graffenried Family Home Christoph von Graffenried, uncle of the founder of the Colony of New Bern Christoph von Graffenried, acquires all parts of Worb Castle from various owners. The Graffenried family will retain Worb Castle until 1792.
1743/10/27 Christopher von Graffenried Died Christopher von Graffenried dies at Castle Worb in Worb, Canton of Bern, Switzerland.
1775/00/00 Several tiled stoves, including a polychrome one by Peter Gnehm, date from the 18th century.

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Particulars for Worb Castle:
Area of Significance Architecture
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
Building Type Castle
Category for Historic Use Defense
Architectural Style Gothic
Era High Middle Ages
Era Medieval Europe

Data
KGS-DS-Nr: 1352



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