The Spiez Castle Church is a great conserved example for the early Romanesque architecture. The three-nave, flat-ceilinged pillar basilica with four bays has a vaulted chancel with a raised middle apse over the large crypt and two lateral secondary apses, all three with anterior bays.

Sep 30, 2022 · The town and its church were first mentioned around AD 762, when Bishop Heddo of Strasbourg disposed of the church and tithes in his will. In AD 933, the King of Burgundy, Rudolph II, had Spiez castle built, and soon the Freiherr of Strättligen settled there.

Over 1’000 years ago twelve romantic churches were formed along the Way of St. James on Lake Thun. The historic buildings in Spiez, Leissigen, Aeschi, Frutigen, Thun, Sherzligen, Thierarchen, Amsoldingen, Einigen, Wimmis, Sigriswil and Hilterfingen will take you back to …

Von den zwölf tausendjährigen Kirchen am Thunersee ist bei der Schlosskirche Spiez die romanische Architektur am reinsten erhalten geblieben. Vom Kraftort aus geniessen Sie einen einzigartigen Ausblick auf den Thunersee.

The castle’s history was shaped for almost 700 years by the three historically significant families who owned it – the barons of Strättligen, the lords of Bubenberg, and the patrician family from the city of Berne, the von Erlachs – from the end of the 12 th c. till 1875.

The Romanesque Schlosskirche or Castle Church of Spiez is picturesquely situated at the end of a rocky peninsula overlooking Lake Thun. Regularly used for weddings by locals, the pretty Schlosskirche is well worth visiting for its faded Romanesque frescoes in the apse and the crypt.

The 1000-year old castle church is a cultural heritage of national importance and belongs to the castle church foundation. From the twelve thousand-year old churches on Lake Thun, the castle church Spiez with its roman architecture has been preserved at its purest.

Anonym, Schlosshalbinsel, um 1730, Öl auf Leinwand, 38 x 46,2 cm, Stiftung Schloss Spiez Castle. History; Visit

Apr 2, 2020 · Spiez Castle is a small romantic castle with lovely gardens, a fine Romanesque church, and spectacular views of Lake Thun and Alpine peaks of the Berner (Bernese) Oberland region of Switzerland. The castle has a history going back to at least the twelfth century.

Schlosskirche Spiez is the oldest church still in use in Switzerland today. It is a Swiss Reformed Protestant church, and it is part of the Château de Spiez. It has a semicircular apse and is surrounded by fortified walls, incorporating traces of the …