Salenegg Castle, Medieval castle in Maienfeld, Switzerland

Salenegg Castle is a castle-like manor north of Maienfeld, owned by the Gugelberg von Moos family. Its present uniform layout dates from a rebuild between 1782 and 1784, combining earlier sections, a stair tower added around 1713 and a tower built in 1756. Of its 79 rooms, 27 are still lived in, and a winery operates on the estate.

A predecessor building, called Prestenegg, was erected around 950 for the prior of Pfäfers Abbey as a place where monks could recover. After passing through the hands of the Vaz, Werdenberg and Toggenburg families, it was bought in 1594 by Vespasian von Salis and his wife Anna von Schauenstein, who rebuilt it in 1604 and renamed it Salenegg. Knight Anton von Molina extended it southward and added the garden hall, whose ceiling shows the coats of arms of forty Grisons families. The largest renovation took place between 1782 and 1784 under Ulysses Gugelberg, giving the castle its present unified appearance.

A working winery operates within the castle grounds using techniques that have been handed down through generations in the Grisons region. This combination of historical site and wine production shapes how the place functions and appears today.

Visitors can reach the castle via Maienfeld train station, followed by a walk through local vineyards to reach the site. Comfortable shoes are recommended since the path slopes upward and there is no direct road to the entrance.

Of the castle's 79 rooms, only 27 are still lived in, and the building has stayed with the Gugelberg von Moos family since 1654, when Hans Luzi Gugelberg von Moos bought it for 14,000 guilders and six barrels of wine. The Salis family, who rebuilt and renamed it in 1604, also keeps a house in Maienfeld's old town.