Meggenhorn Castle on Lake Luzern was built between 1868 and 1870 by Edouard Hofer-Grosjean from Mulhouse with a design similar to the French castle Chambord. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
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Schloss Meggenhorn
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garden of Schloss Meggenhorn
The former private living rooms inside the castle can now be visited.
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Schloss Meggenhorn
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Schloss Meggenhorn
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Schloss Meggenhorn
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Schloss Meggenhorn
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Schloss Meggenhorn
When Madame Marie Amélie Heine-Kohn purchased it in 1886 she decided to add a small free-standing neo-Gothic chapel designed by architect Heinrich Viktor Segesser.
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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 Welt-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. 104 of these rolls have survived until today !
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Schlosskapelle Meggenhorn
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Schlosskapelle Meggenhorn with Welt-Philharmonie organ
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