Hofwil Castle
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Hofwil Castle is a castle in the municipality of Münchenbuchsee of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.{{cite web |url=http://www.babs.admin.ch/de/aufgabenbabs/kgs/inventar/a-objekte.html |title=Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance |date=1 January 2017 |website=A-Objects |publisher=Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS) |access-date=6 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160902033944/http://www.babs.admin.ch/de/aufgabenbabs/kgs/inventar/a-objekte.html |archive-date=2 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}
History
The castle was built in 1784–86 by the architect Carl Ahasver von Sinner for Gabriel Albrecht von Erlach. A peristyle was added to the neo-classical building in 1798.{{cite web |url= https://api3.geo.admin.ch/rest/services/kgs/MapServer/ch.babs.kulturgueter/10548/extendedHtmlPopup |title=Schloss Hofwil |website= www.babs.admin.ch |publisher= Federal Office for Civil Protection |access-date= 28 February 2018}}
Castle grounds
The land around the castle was laid out as an English garden with a pavilion which holds the tomb of Emanuel von Fellenberg. The park is decorated with a number of statues including a bronze youth by Max Fueter from 1949 and the Pestalozzi monument by Alfred Lanz from 1888. The workshops and barn were built in 1885.
See also
References
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Category:Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Bern
Category:Castles in the Canton of Bern
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