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.

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.

Text adapted from “Gümligen Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gümligen Castle ranks #6,400 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #123 of the 201 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1739, it is older than 19% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 556 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 25 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Bern, 5 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.

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