The Schlössli Utenberg

The record of the history of Schlössli Utenberg begins as early as the 14th century with its mention in the Almosnerrodeln. The present appearance was built in 1757 by master builder Jakob Singer for Franz Dominik Schumacher.

The majestic and idyllic location and the prominent and storied changes of ownership finally (1997) turned the Utenberg farm into the Schlössli Utenberg. A place of power, a building worth preserving.

Team

The team looks forward to welcoming you to Schlössli Utenberg.

Hilli & Daniel G. Widmer
Owner

Moana Reber
Head of department Schlössli

Larissa Bachmann
Event – & Wedding Manager

7-Plums from the Utenberg
An anecdote

In the early 19th century, the Utenberg farm belonged to Josef Xaver Leodegar Franz Salesius Schumacher Uttenberg (2 May 1793 – 30 October 1860) and Sophie Schumacher-Müller von Altdorf (30 November 1797 – 30 January 1867), who also gave themselves the surname Uttenberg (with two T’s).

Between 1816 and 1832 Sophie gave birth to 9 children, eight daughters and one son. Maria Viktoria (Klosterfrau) and Josef Dominik unfortunately died in adolescence. Of the now seven sisters, Emilie, the eldest, did not marry. The other six daughters married in accordance with their status to men from the richest, most important Lucerne families, Nager, Schwytzer von Buonas, Degen, von Moos, Pfyffer von Altishofen and Zelger. Five of the sisters had children of their own.

The seven sisters stuck together like peas and carrots. They were clever and intelligent. There are traditions that say that the sisters were known as Zwetschgen because of their appearance, but you can see from the pictures that this variant can hardly be true. There are tales that Father Joseph planted a plum tree for each daughter out of sheer joy. But there is another version that somehow sounds more logical, and it came like this: The sisters had great clout through their cleverness, intelligence and cohesion when they wanted to achieve something in Lucerne. Somewhat enviously, they were therefore called “damsons” behind closed doors. When this came to the attention of mother Sophie and father Josef, they acknowledged this “honour” by planting a plum tree in the garden for each daughter.

Plum trees are rose plants and only live for about 60 years, the trees planted around 1845 have long since been felled, but all the descendants of these plums still proudly call themselves “Zwetschgen” and have met every 10 years since 1981 at the Schlössli Utenberg and ceremoniously planted a plum tree. The celebration in 2021 was postponed to 2022 because of Corona, as the invitation goes out to over 1000 plums.