En un regard
Le château en bref
Perched on a terraced slope above the steep shore, on a spit of land projecting into the Küssnacht arm of Lake Lucerne, Schloss Meggenhorn overlooks the Lucerne basin. Built from 1868 to 1870 by the architect Edouard Hofer, who incorporated an earlier Baroque building, it draws its inspiration from French châteaux, blending Gothic and Renaissance elements. The federal inventory ISOS ranks it among the most important nineteenth-century châteaux in Switzerland. The estate includes a Neo-Gothic chapel dating from 1888, an orangery from around 1900, an early eighteenth-century farmhouse, boathouses (1870, 1921) and vineyards. Owned by the municipality of Meggen since 1974, it was renovated from 1979 to 1982.