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Köniz Castle
Köniz Castle () is a castle in the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Köniz of the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is a Swiss Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance, heritage site of national significance. History The castle was originally built as a monastery and church for the college (canon law), college of Augustinian Canons. According to tradition, the church was established by the List of kings of Burgundy, Burgundian monarchs Rudolph II of Burgundy, Rudolph II and Bertha, which places the founding year between 922 and his death in 937. Archeological excavations have found evidence of an Early Middle Ages, early medieval church below the current structure. The oldest parts of the current building date from the 11th century and the college of Canons is first mentioned in 1208. The Canons at Köniz were quite powerful and controlled extensive holdings. They had direct authority over five large parishes between the Aare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köniz
Köniz (, ) is a statistical town (though residents still regard it as a village) and a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district right on the southern border to Bern in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. The municipality of Köniz as a single settlement would belong to the 15 most populous towns in Switzerland. It is also part of the larger agglomeration of Bern of about 400,000 inhabitants. The official language of Köniz is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. History The current municipality has long been inhabited; there have been a number of Bronze- and Iron Age finds, as well as Roman villas (''villae rusticae'') and Early Middle Ages graveyards. The oldest parts of the current reformed parish church (formerly SS. Peter and Paul) date back to around 1100. There may have been other previous buildings on this site, but archaeological digs have uncovered no evi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |