Château, Manor house in Schöftland, Switzerland.
The Château is a 17th-century manor house located at Bahnhofstrasse 5 that now serves as the town hall of Schöftland. The façade displays typical features of Swiss architecture from that period, with ordered window arrangements and solid stone construction.
Wolfgang von Mülinen (1609–1679) had the manor built in 1660 on the site of a medieval tower destroyed in the Sempach War. In 1664 he passed it to his son-in-law Johann Rudolf May (1619–1672); the May family sold it in 1840, after which it housed a cigar factory. The municipality bought it in 1917.
The alliance coat of arms of Mülinen and May above the main entrance records the 1664 transfer from Wolfgang von Mülinen to his son-in-law Johann Rudolf May. The May family kept the house until 1840, after which it housed a cigar factory. Since 1917 the municipality has owned it, and the Schloss-Scheune Nord became the regional civil registry office in 2003.
As the current town hall, visitors can explore the building's exterior and typically enter public areas during working hours. Keep in mind that interior spaces serve administrative functions, so full public access may be limited.
The alliance coat of arms of Mülinen and May above the main entrance records the 1664 transfer from Wolfgang von Mülinen to his son-in-law Johann Rudolf May. The windows have frames of Muschelkalk limestone, and a stair tower with an angular pointed spire stands on the rear long side.
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