Former Ougspurgergut (second half of the 18th century)

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Ougspurgergut is a Bernese country estate (Campagne) located at Melchenbühlweg in Berne. Set on a commanding site, with views over the surroundings of Wittigkofen and Melchenbühl as far as the Alps, it was built in the second half of the 18th century by an architect who remains unknown, and was remodelled in 1920. It comprises a manor house, a barn and a farmhouse arranged parallel to one another, with their façades facing south, rather than around a courtyard. A terraced garden with a polygonal pavilion extends the ensemble. The inventory of the City of Berne's buildings regards it as a successful symbiosis of farm and country estate, one of the many pleasure estates that once characterised the city's outskirts, and it is also valued for its green space. The estate takes its name from Captain Ludwig Ougspurger, who acquired it in 1836. The house also has a literary history: the writer Hermann Hesse lived there from 1912 to 1919, and the garden serves as the setting for stories by Rudolf von Tavel.