Belp Castle
The Belp Castle is a castle in the municipality of the canton of Bern Belp.
History
After the Bernese had in 1298 the castle Belp ( on Belpberg ) taken, plundered and ripped the dominion Belp itself, forced these Ulrich Belp to the Bernese civil rights and allowed him to create a new dwelling only made of wood. This 1783 building was called the hölzige broken lock. The rule Belp 1383 went to the Bernese Petermann of Waberen. Proportionate owner of the domain were from the 15th to the 17th century, members of the families Gruber, of stone, of Scharnachthal of Luternau and Moratel. Johann Rudolf Stürler (1597-1665) is finally the sole baron to Belp. The later Bernese Schultheiss Charles Emmanuel of Wattenwyl acquired in 1720 the barony including Castle of Hans Georg von Muralt. Wattenwyls grandson Charles Albert Salomon von Wattenwyl sold the castle including the rule in 1810 to the newly created Canton of Bern after the sovereign rights were forfeited in 1798. Bern taught here the official home for the newly created Office Seftigen. As such, served to lock Belp at 31 December 2009., It housed the government governorship, the judicial authorities of the court circle IX Schwarzburg- Seftigen and an office of the District Land Office IX and the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Office.
In June 2012, the municipality Belp bought the castle from the canton of Bern.
Construction
The seat of power is described at the beginning of the 16th century as a Steininger huss at the Gürben in a tree garden. Formative are the conversions of 1554 1631 bis 1636/44 with additions and towers, from the stately seat gradually became a palace. Castle Belp bears witness to the importance of private power holders that the high and low jurisdiction occupied here. The late baroque extension of two late medieval stately buildings and their linking by means of the now -developed peristyle to the appeal of the entire system lock Belp. Notable components inside tell of the luxury amenities of private building owners.
Swell
Barony Belp:
- Kopialheft with certificates Betr. the sovereign rights, estates and income to Belp and on the Belpberg (1325-1513), State Archives, Bern, certificates, professional Seftigen 1325
- Contracts for domination Belp ( 1381 and 1383 ), Burgerbibliothek Bern, Mss.hhXIV.75 (6 )
- House Book Caspar and Thomas Stein. In it: income from the reign Belp et al (from 1484 ), State Archives of Bern, DQ 333
- Decision in the dispute between the government and the community Belp concerning drudgery and Tenth ( 17th century), Burgerbibliothek Bern, FA of Fellberg 134 ( 24)