Carl Hilty
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Carl Andreas Hilty was a Swiss lawyer, professor of constitutional law, politician, philosopher, lay theologian and writer.
Carl Hilty photo by Emil Wollenweider ca 1890
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Werdenberg. Haus Nr. 41. Wandmalereien. 2019 09 22 16 43 07
Werdenberg Castle
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Werdenberg Castle is a castle in the municipality of Grabs of the Canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Carl Hilty
…in Chur, the capital of the eastern canton of the Grisons. His family had been based in Werdenberg for centuries and in 1835 he bought the crumbling Werdenberg Castle at an auction. Hilty's mother Elisabeth (née Kilias) hailed from Chur and was the daughter of a former regimental doctor of the French Army. She died…
Werdenberg Castle