Pflanzberg château, Château in Tägerwilen, Thurgau, Switzerland
Pflanzberg château is a two-story rectangular building topped with a gabled roof and features an arcade extension on its west side. The structure displays careful stonework and regularly spaced windows that give it a measured, orderly appearance.
First mentioned in 1596 as "Flantzberg" and leased to Constantin de Gall, the Konstanz bishop's bailiff at Gottlieben. In 1695 Christoph Rudolf Würz, a mercenary commander and Imperial field marshal, had the estate demolished and rebuilt in Italian style, forming the core of today's château. Sebastian Anton von Reding zu Biberegg bought it in 1701 and it was raised to the status of a Freisitz.
The name Pflanzberg, first recorded as Flantzberg in 1596, points to plant cultivation on the estate. From 1806 to 1856 the property belonged to the Steiner family of painters from Winterthur, and later Consul Johann Georg Stisser, founder of Gemüsebau AG (later Biotta), lived here.
The property sits in Tägerwilen northwest of the Reformed Church and is easy to locate from the main road. Visitors should allow time to appreciate the rural setting and the grounds surrounding the structure.
The park was redesigned by Swiss garden architect Fritz Klauser after entrepreneur Robert Victor Neher bought the estate in 1917 and had it extensively rebuilt. Later, Consul Johann Georg Stisser, founder of Gemüsebau AG (later Biotta), lived at Pflanzberg.
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