It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

[1] The castle was built in 1784–86 by the architect Carl Ahasver von Sinner for Gabriel Albrecht von Erlach.

A peristyle was added to the neo-classical building in 1798.

[2] The land around the castle was laid out as an English garden with a pavilion which holds the tomb of Emanuel von Fellenberg.

The park is decorated with a number of statues including a bronze youth by Max Fueter from 1949 and the Pestalozzi monument by Alfred Lanz from 1888.