The Spiez Castle Foundation

The Spiez Castle Foundation has owned and maintained the castle complex, including the castle, Romanesque church and garden, since 1927. It also makes the grounds accessible and presents the stories and people associated with the site in an interactive and contextualised way in the castle museum. Events and specially developed programmes convey history and culture to various audiences. Spiez Castle is also known for its small and exquisite art exhibitions.

Purposes of the Spiez Castle Foundation

"The purpose of the foundation is
1. to maintain the properties it has acquired and the buildings on them (castle, new castle, castle church, old vicarage, "Le Roselier" house, orangery and fortifications) in good structural condition, to restore them as far as necessary in conjunction with the state monument preservation authorities and the archaeological service, and to take into account the national significance of the entire complex as an architectural monument and historical site,
2. to make the castle and castle church accessible to the public in an appropriate manner and to make them available to third parties for events appropriate to their character,
3. to ensure the protection of the surroundings of the entire complex wherever possible."

The Spiez Castle Foundation is tax-exempt.

Board of Trustees

Jürg Staudenmann, Attorney-at-Law, President
lic.phil. Annelies Hüssy, historian, Vice-President
PD Dr Armand Baeriswyl, medieval archaeologist, Archaeological Service of the Canton of Bern
lic.phil. Vinzenz Bartlome, Historian, State Archives of the Canton of Berne
Dr Therese Bhattacharya-Stettler, art historian
Jolanda Brunner, Mayor of Spiez
Adrian Bühler, architect FH/HTL
Prof. em. Dr phil. André Holenstein, Professor of Early Modern Swiss History, University of Bern
Andreas Jaun, biologist
Alain Moilliet, advocate and art historian
Dr Eva Schäfer, independent monument conservator/architect
Sandro Schmid, auditor
Hans-Peter Schürch, advocate
Hans Traffelet, hotelier and restaurateur
Isabelle von Erlach, Kauffrau

Annual reports (in german only)

Jahresbericht 2022
Jahresbericht 2021
Jahresbericht 2020
Jahresbericht 2019