Wartegg Castle
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| Wartegg Castle | |
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| Schloss Wartegg (German) | |
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| Location | Rorschacherberg, St. Gallen, Switzerland |
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| Built | 1557 |
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| Website | wartegg.ch |
Wartegg Castle (German: Schloss Wartegg) is a castle in Rorschacherberg, Switzerland. It was built in 1557 and served as a residence for various exiled European aristocrats and royals including the Marquis and Marquise de Bombelles, Princess Louise d'Artois, and Empress Zita and Emperor Charles I of Austria.
History
[edit]The castle was built in 1557 for Kaspar Blarer von Wartensee, the bailiff of Arbon under the Diocese of Constance and brother of Prince Abbot Diethelm Blarer von Wartensee.[1]
In 1659, the castle belonged to Sebastian Peregrin Zwyer von Evibach.[1]
In 1676, it was acquired by Fidel von Thurn und Valsassina, the Lord Chamberlain of the Prince Abbot of St. Gall, and remained in the Thurn und Valsassina family until 1823.[1]
In 1789, during the French Revolution, the diplomat and aristocrat Marc Marie, Marquis de Bombelles and his family fled France and took up residence in the castle.[1] The marquis de Bombelle's wife, Marie-Angélique de Bombelles, had served as a lady-in-waiting to Élisabeth of France, sister of Louis XVI of France, at the Palace of Versailles prior to the revolution.[1]
In 1860, the castle was purchased by Princess Louise d'Artois, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza and served as her home in exile. Princess Louise's granddaughter, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, lived at Wartegg with her husband, Emperor Charles I of Austria, and their children from March 24, 1919 to May 20, 1919, during their first weeks of exile following the Dissolution of Austria-Hungary.[1][2]: 210–211 In 1924, the Bourbon-Parma family sold the property.[1]
In 1929, it was purchased by the German industrialist Gustav Mez and he sold it in the 1950s.[1] The Mijnssen family purchased the property in the 1994.[3]
Bibliography
[edit]- Brook-Shepherd, Gordon. (1991). The Last Empress: The Life and Times of Zita of Austria-Hungary 1893–1989. Harper-Collins. ISBN 0-00-215861-2
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "History of the Park". Wartegg Park. Rorschacherberg, Switzerland. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
- ↑ Brook-Shepherd.
- ↑ "History". Schloss Wartegg. Rorschacherberg, Switzerland. Retrieved 8 September 2026.
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