Bipp Castle

Bipp Castle is a powerful medieval fortification, towering on the hill of the municipality of Oberbipp. Oberbipp belongs to the district of Upper Aargau, the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Bipp Castle is mentioned in the documents of 1268, but some historians believe that the first information about it can be found from sources not XIII, and the end of the X century (designated year – 968). The exact date of the foundation of the castle, scientists do not yet know.

At the end of the XIII century, Bipp passed into the possession of the count family Neuchâtel-Nidau, and in the XIV briefly became the property of the Zurich count family of the Kyburgs. Since 1407, the castle passes into the common possession of Bern and Solothurn. In 1463, Bern bought the castle. In 1798, Bipp Castle was damaged and ravaged by the French who invaded Switzerland. At one time, the building was used as a quarry, and in 1852 the castle is acquired by the future mayor of Basel Johann Jacob Stehlin Hagenbach.

Bipp Castle was destroyed, on the site of the old storage for grain, a mansion was built by the new owner, which is now private property. The owners of the castle are the direct descendants of Stehlin - the Weber-Stehlin family.