Nidau Castle

The castle is located in Nidau ​​Nidau ​​in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

The first castle in Nidau ​​was founded in 1140 by the Counts of Neuchatel. It consisted originally of wood and is historically first identified by an instrument dated 30 August 1196 the. By Count Ulrich III issued by Neuchâtel. From the 13th-century stone castle water ( the water level of Lake Biel was in the Middle Ages by 2 meters higher ) are still parts of the keep, the Kefiturmes ( prison tower ) and the ring wall preserved.

After the death of the last Count of Neuchâtel in 1375 Guglerkrieg the castle came first to the bishopric of Basel, then. Went to the counts of new Kyburg and finally in 1388 in the Battle of Sempach in Bern and Solothurn

After the castle was the seat of 86 to 1831 Bernese bailiffs and four upper office men. The present building dates largely from the years 1627 to 1636 and houses offices of the cantonal administration (including the government governorship within the jurisdiction Nidau ​​) and a castle museum which houses an exhibition on the Jura water correction.

Since 1994, every summer the open-air cinema held in the castle park.