Serviezel Ruin

En un regard

Le château en bref

Serviezel refers to two ruins of medieval castles located in the municipality of Valsot, in Lower Engadine (Grisons): one in the former municipality of Ramosch, the other in that of Tschlin, about six kilometres away. Neither appears in the surviving medieval documents, and they are hypothetically attributed to the 12th century and to the lords of Ramosch. The name would derive from the Wezzels, a family of minor nobility mentioned around 1150, probably vassals or a cadet branch of the Ramosch family. The Ramosch site, at about 1 230 m above sea level, was a rectangular tower of roughly 13 by 10 m, with walls more than two metres thick and probably surrounded by an enclosure, of which the south wall is the most visible part. The Tschlin site occupies a ridge overlooking a commercial route through the valley. The remains are in poor condition and overgrown with vegetation. The name Tschanüff, given from the 16th century onwards to the imposing neighbouring castle of Ramosch, served to distinguish it from Serviezel.