The museum at the castle is housed in the old vicarage of Raron next to the castle church. Starting with important personalities who had a connection with Raron, the museum spans the arc from local to regional and supra-regional history. The gravesite of the poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is located in the cemetery of the castle church. Rilke's relationship to the Valais landscape is the subject of a brightly lit room. Right next to it is the work of the painter and book illustrator Melchior Lechter (1865-1835). The mercenary captain, entrepreneur and politician Christian Gattlen (1777-1866) and State Councillor Leo Luzian von Roten (1824-1898), the author of the Valais anthem, deal with Valais history in a time of upheaval. In contrast, Iris von Roten (1917-1990) stands for an important chapter of 20th century Swiss history, the political and social equality between men and women, with her book "Frauen im Laufgitter" (Women in the playpen).


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