Switzerland · Still standing
Werdenberg Castle
Werdenberg Castle is a hilltop castle in Grabs, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, formerly the seat of the County of Werdenberg in the Holy Roman Empire. It stands as a compact complex of a tall square stone tower beside a white-plastered residential range and enclosing curtain walls above terraced vineyards on a mountain slope.
First raised
1228
Its prime
1250
Today
Still standing
As it stood in 1250
What Werdenberg Castle looked like in its prime.
Compact hilltop castle combining a tall, square stone tower with a bulbous wooden cupola and an attached white-plastered residential range with steep brown-tiled hipped roofs. Small rectangular windows and painted heraldic murals mark the main façade, which faces terraced vineyards. A stout stone curtain wall encloses a small inner ward with a low pavilion at the terraced slope. The castle sits directly below jagged limestone cliffs, its roofs and walls intact and continuous at the time of its prime.
Its story
The story of Werdenberg Castle.
Werdenberg Castle was the original seat of the County of Werdenberg in the Holy Roman Empire, set on a hilltop in the municipality of Grabs in the Canton of St. Gallen.
The castle stands as a compact complex — a tall square stone tower beside a white-plastered residential range, within enclosing curtain walls — above terraced vineyards on the mountain slope. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Step inside
6 places to explore in 1250.
The record describes 6 distinct spots at Werdenberg Castle — including 1 interior: inner courtyard (ward). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more rooms, more angles, and more of the place to stand in.
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Clans who held Werdenberg Castle.
The families that held Werdenberg Castle for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Werdenberg
Original seat of the counts of Werdenberg in the Holy Roman Empire.
