Schloss Meggenhorn is a picturesque castle located between Lucerne and Meggen on a small hill overlooking Lake Lucerne. Property of the municipality of Meggen, the charming estate is surrounded by lush gardens and a vineyards. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Meggenhorn Castle was built between 1868 and 1870 to plans by Pierre Georges Marozeau for Edouard Hofer-Grosjean from Mulhouse. The French castle Chambord served as inspiration for the design.
Schloss Meggenhorn
garden of Schloss Meggenhorn
The former private living rooms inside the castle can now be visited.
Schloss Meggenhorn
Schloss Meggenhorn
Schloss Meggenhorn
Schloss Meggenhorn
Schloss Meggenhorn
When Madame Marie Amélie Heine-Kohn purchased Schloss Meggenhorn in 1886 she decided to add a small free-standing neo-Gothic chapel designed by architect Heinrich Viktor Segesser. The chapel of French castle Amboise served as inspiration. The interior decoration was created by Johann Albert Benz.
Schloss and Schlosskapelle Meggenhorn
The property was sold again in 1920, this time to the Zurich textile industrialist Heinrich Frey-Baumann. He renovated the chapel and equipped it in 1926 with a Welte-Philharmonie organ that can be seen on the left of the photo. The pneumatic organ could be played normally from a console, but was also able to automatically play songs using perforated paper rolls. 124 of these rolls have survived until today, comprising among others works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn and Richard Wagner.
Schlosskapelle Meggenhorn
Schlosskapelle Meggenhorn with Welte-Philharmonie organ
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