page_title: Marschlins Castle
section_title: Castle site
hierarchical_section_title: Marschlins Castle / Castle site
caption_attribution_description: Ansicht von Süden
context_page_description: Marschlins Castle is a castle in the village of Igis of the municipality of Landquart of the Canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
  Marschlins Castle was the childhood home of feminist Meta von Salis.
context_section_description: The castle is located about 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) north-east of Igis village, on a flat plain but about 250 m (820 ft) from a steep cliff.  The castle is surrounded by two moats which were filled with water during the middle ages.  Originally the moats were spanned with a drawbridge, which was replaced with a stone bridge in the 17th century.  It is rectangular and about 34 m × 39 m (112 ft × 128 ft) in size.  Each corner has a round tower with the 11 m (36 ft) in diameter south tower being the largest and main tower.  The other three towers are 8.7 m (29 ft) in diameter.  The oldest residence building in the castle is on the north side.  The current triumphal arch like gate is in the center of the western wall, but was originally further south.  In the courtyard is a cannon from the Salis regiment from 1676.
  There are three highly decorated, 17th century furnished rooms in the castle.  The Marschallstübli was built around 1633 and features richly carved paneling with inlaid marquetry and a carved wooden coffered ceiling.  The cocklestove was built in 1638 by the Pfau workshop and the cabinets decorated with the alliance arms of Heinrich Hirzel-Yolanda von Salis are from 1674.  The Offiziersstube was completed in 1638 and is paneled in stone pine.  The coffered ceiling is decorated with a carved Salis coat of arms.  A Steckborn oven from the first half of the 18th century warmed the room.  The third room, the Goldene  Stübli in the north-east tower was completed around 1670.  The carved paneling is painted with hunting scenes.  The coffered roof is decorated with 43 constellations and the four winds.  The room is decorated with a collection of gothic sculptures.  The chapel was built in the main tower in 1771.  The interior is decorated with paintings of the Four Evangelists from the mid-17th century and with stained glass from the same era.
caption: Marschlins Castle with the nearby cliff in background
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