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Wartenfels Castle

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Location: Lostorf, Gösgen, Solothurn, Espace Mittelland, Switzerland

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1. Froburg Hill – Wartenfels Castle loop from Wisen SO

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2. Wartenfels Castle – Frohburg Castle Ruins loop from Trimbach

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3. Frohburg Castle Ruins – View of Geissflue Ridge loop from Lostorf

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560m

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Gyloonda

January 24, 2017

The castle Wartenfels is an old stately building group with a small park on the hill west of the village Lostorf in the canton of Solothurn.
The core of the small castle complex consists of the masonry of a medieval tower castle, which was built in the early 13th century as the residence of the lords of Wartenfels, a major noble family in the county of Buchsgau. The rule Wartenfels was subordinate to the Habsburgs in the 14th century.

From the descendants of the Lords of Wartenfels the castle and the rule passed to the Lords of Tengen, the Lords of Roseneck and in 1458 to Heinrich von Bubenberg, mayor of Bern. In 1465, Adrian von Bubenberg Wartenfels and Lostorf sold to the city of Solothurn, which assigned the area to the Bailiwick of Gösgen and established the seat of the state governor at Wartenfels Castle.

In the 17th and 18th centuries, the owner families Aregger, Greder and Grimm from Solothurn built smaller extensions, which gave the former castle the shape of a stately manor. At the same time a castle chapel was built.

Modern times Edit
In the 19th century Wartenfels came into the possession of Georg Meidinger (1867-1933), who carried out further expansion work. From Johannes Georg Fuchs (1925-1990) from Basel, the plant came to the canton of Solothurn, which leads them together with the city of Olten and the community Lostorf as a foundation. In the castle rooms, exhibition programs will be realized under the leadership of Foundation Board President Peter André Bloch.

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Hermre

November 15, 2020

"Wartenfels Castle is an old manorial group of buildings with a small park on the hill west of the village of Lostorf in the canton of Solothurn."
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Wartenfels_(Lostorf)

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Thomas

May 31, 2019

beautiful view of the Mittelland and the Alps

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Location: Lostorf, Gösgen, Solothurn, Espace Mittelland, Switzerland

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3. Frohburg Castle Ruins – View of Geissflue Ridge loop from Lostorf

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