The history of Gräpplang Castle - Flums - St.Gallen - Castles of Switzerland
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The ruins of Gräpplang Castle are located high above the valley of the Seez River, near Flums in Switzerland. Around 1220, the Knights of Flums built the First Castle. During the old Zurich War, they were extorted for protection money by the Glarners and the Schwyzers.
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Above the Seez valley, on a long rock, stand the ruins of Gräpplang Castle. It is located above the old trade route that leads from Zurich to the Grisons passes, and probably served to guard it.
The site was already inhabited in the Neolithic and in the Bronze Age. This is proven by various finds from these epochs.
The first castle was built around 1220 by the Knights of Flums. These had been appointed stewards of the area by the Bishop of Chur. In 1440, during the Old Zurich War, tthe Glarner and the Schwyzer extorted protection money from the castle lords,, but never attacked the castle. In 1460, with Ulrich von Grünenberg, an episcopal bailiff is again mentioned as lord of the castle.
In the absence of the bishop Paul Ziegler, who had fled the country, the Gotteshausbund sold the castle and its goods to Ludwig Tschudi of Glarus in 1528. He was the brother of the well-known chronicler Aegidius Tschudi. The purchase price was 2400 Rhenish guldens. The castle remained in the possession of the family for 12 generations and was strongly influenced by them architecturally. Around 1700 Josef Anton Tschudi had the castle rebuilt. However, since the work was of poor quality, expensive maintenance work was always needed. In 1767 they finally sold the already dilapidated castle to the Good family. However, they do not seem to have inhabited Gräpplang anymore. Probably they were only interested in the goods of the castle.
As early as 1804, the complex was sold as a demolition object to Josef Eberli from Flums. The castle now served for several decades as a stone quarry for repair work on buildings in the surrounding area The roof tiles, for example, were used for the repair of the church of Vilters.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the ruin began to be taken care of. The first renovation works took place in 1914 on behalf of the local tourist association.
The two-part complex consists of the main castle and the outer castle, which is situated a little lower. The keep and a five-story residential building with a cistern belong to the main castle. The trapezoidal building was divided several times and also contains a room, which was used as a chapel. Remains of the altar pedestal and the sacristy room are still preserved. Previously, there was a courtyard at the site of this residential building.
Originally, the access to the residential building was through a classical high entrance. The way to it led over a narrow rocky ledge. In addition, it was secured by a kennel. This, in turn, was originally accessible only by a bridge over the moat between the outer and main castle. Today's access to the residential building and the kennel presumably dates back to the 16th century.
The remains of various farm buildings and the castle kitchen are still visible on the site of the outer castle. These were all attached to the ring wall.
Since 1928, the castle complex has belonged to the village of Flums, which takes good care of the ruins.
Schöner Bericht. Ich finde die Ruine recht beeindruckend
Vielen Dank! Es ist in der Tat eine sehr schöne Ruine. Und die Umgebung mit den beeindruckenden Bergketten ist atemberaubend. :)
Tolle Ruine, bei bestem Wetter aufgenommen. Super gemacht. Gute Kameraführung. Gruß Rainer
Vielen herzlichen Dank für das Kompliment. Wir hatten wirklich ideale Bedingungen. Eine tolle Burgruine in einer eindrucksvollen Umgebung in den Voralpen. :)
@@HistoryTravelNature Ja das finde ich auch. LG
Eine wahrlich hübsche Ruine und schöne Bilder. Bei einem Besuch meinerseits war es halt nebelig und ohne Bergsicht. Doch Ruinen mit Nebel haben bekanntlich auch ihren Reiz.
Burgruinen im Nebel, das verheisst immer eine besondere Atmosphäre. War sicher auch ein tolles Setting. :)
Wir hatten wettertechnisch grosses Glück. Die Lichtverhältnisse liessen sehr gute Bilder zu. Dazu die tolle Umgebung als Kulisse. :)
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Fantástico!!! ❤
Muito obrigado. Estamos contentes por gostar do castelo. :)
They should create a law in every country to ban any government from building a new building until the ruins of all medieval (at least) buildings in the territory have been restored into a usable state.
What if these places were rebuilt? They would be converted into hotels, congress centers or schools, or would be entirely privately owned. The atmosphere of these places would also be lost, of course. Besides, these ruins are (at least for us in Switzerland) popular destinations for explorers, nature lovers and also families. You can hike there and since it often has fireplaces, have a picnic.
Seen in this way, the destruction of these castles also has something good. :)
@@HistoryTravelNature So, as long as they provide an atmospheric picnic site and not turned into buildings that can actually be useful and survive to the next generations it is fine by you. Let's just say we disagree on the given subject.
These ruins are usually quite remote, many are accessible only on foot via natural trails. You would have to make roads through forests and up mountains, destroying a lot of nature. In addition, if you build, then quite true to the original, so that history is not lost, but revived. Besides, the original plans of these castles are missing. This would be much more expensive than to build new, much more comfortable buildings in easily accessible settlement areas, as is being done here.
And as already mentioned: castle ruins are very good for cultural tourism. :)
BTW: In Switzerland we have more than enough new, modern buildings, which are very useful for future generations. ;)
@@HistoryTravelNature Whatever ;)
One more question: Are you really interested in these buildings or in archaeology and history?
If so, which period?
PS: Would you like to see the Pantheon or the Colosseum turned into a modern shopping mall? :D