Raron - Niedergesteln
After the floods of the Bietschbach in 1414 and 1494, the severely damaged village church was rebuilt. In order to protect it from further flooding, it was reconstructed on the castle hill. Next to the famous castle church two other buildings are situated on the castle in Raron, the old vicarage and the medieval residential tower. The tower was built about 150 years before the church.
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Point of interestCastle church St. Romanus
Following the floods of river Bietsch between 1414 and 1494, the church of the village was so strongly damaged that the residents in 1505
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Point of interestCastle Museum
In the museum the local history is linked to the regional and supra-regional history based on personalities significant for Raron.
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Point of interestPriory Church
The various remnants such as the foundations and a crypt completely filled up show that the beginning of the church was in the 12th centu
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Point of interestTomb of Rainer Maria Rilke
South of the castle church is buried the well-known German poet Rainer Maria Rilke. The epitaph was written by Rilke himself: “Rose
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Point of interestThe Parish Centre in Niedergesteln
The present parish centre was built in 1578 on the foundations of a patrician house from the 12th century and increased by the presbytery
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Point of interestRock Church St. Michael
The space for the rock church was completely blown into the rock below the castle church between 1971-1974. The church, with its 500 seat
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Point of interestPicture Shrine Eisten
The picture shrine in the hamlet Eisten near Blatten is one of numerous religious buildings (shrines, crosses, chapels and churches) alon
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