Jegenstorf


Bern is not only the capital of Switzerland , an economically developed European city, Bern can also be called the capital of museums, because there are a lot of monuments of architecture, ancient bridges, beautiful fountains and many other beauties attracting many tourists from all over the world every year.

Among the huge number of architectural monuments in the Swiss capital, mention should be made of the castle museum of Jegenstorf, which was formerly the residence of Albrecht Friedrich von Erlach and only recently became a museum.

Architecture and surroundings of the castle

The exact date of construction of the castle-museum is unknown, but its name is associated with the name of Berthold II, who died in 1111. Jegenstorf is designed in the Baroque style, since 1720, Yeegenstorf was a country residence, and relatively recently, in 1936, converted into a museum of home decoration of the Swiss capital, which presents a collection of furniture belonging to the bohemians of the times of the Bernese Republic.

The pearls of the collection are the furniture of the workshops of Hopfengartner, Funk, Abersold, and still here you can see the antique clock, stoves, ancient canvases. In the museum there are three permanent exhibitions: the poet Rudolf von Tavel, the teacher - economist Philip Emmanuel von Fellenberg and the Economic Society of the Canton of Bern. During the Second World War, the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Swiss Army was stationed at Jegenstorf.

The castle of Jegenstorf is located in a beautiful park, where a lot of fruit trees are planted, from the fruit of which an excellent wine is made.

How to get there and when to visit?

The castle museum of Jegenstorf works from Tuesday to Saturday from 13.30 to 17.30, on Sunday from 11.00 to 17.30, Monday - the day off. To get to the castle you can S-ban on the 8th branch to the homonymous station "Jegenstorf", where a little walk.