Coppet Castle (
French: ''Château de Coppet'') is a
château
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
Nowaday ...
in the
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Coppet
Coppet is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
History
Coppet is first mentioned in 1294 as ''Copetum''. In 1347 it was mentioned as ''Copet''.
Geography
Coppet has an area (), of . Of this area, o ...
of the
Canton of Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital c ...
in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. It is a Swiss
heritage site of national significance.
It gave its name to the celebrated group of several dozen early 19th-century intellectuals from the whole of
Europe, the so-called
Coppet group
The Coppet group (''Groupe de Coppet''), also known as the Coppet circle, was an informal intellectual and literary gathering centred on Germaine de Staël during the time period between the establishment of the Napoleonic First Empire (1804) a ...
, who met there ( - 1816) under the aegis of
Madame de Staël Madame may refer to:
* Madam, civility title or form of address for women, derived from the French
* Madam (prostitution), a term for a woman who is engaged in the business of procuring prostitutes, usually the manager of a brothel
* ''Madame'' ( ...
and made signal contributions to literature, philosophy and politics.
People born in Coppet Castle
*
Alexander zu Dohna-Schlobitten (1661-1728), Prussian field marshal
*
Christopher I, Burgrave and Count of Dohna-Schlodien (1665-1733), Prussian general and diplomat
See also
*
List of castles in Switzerland
This list includes castles and fortresses in Switzerland.
Entries list the name and location of the castle, fortress or ruins in each Canton in Switzerland.
Aargau
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Appenzell Innerrhoden
Basel-Landschaft, Bas ...
*
Château
A château (; plural: châteaux) is a manor house or residence of the lord of the manor, or a fine country house of nobility or gentry, with or without fortifications, originally, and still most frequently, in French-speaking regions.
Nowaday ...
*
Coppet group
The Coppet group (''Groupe de Coppet''), also known as the Coppet circle, was an informal intellectual and literary gathering centred on Germaine de Staël during the time period between the establishment of the Napoleonic First Empire (1804) a ...
References
External links
Official site
Cultural property of national significance in the canton of Vaud
Castles in Vaud
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