Montreux in the Middle Ages
Montreux, it’s the Jazz Festival of course, it’s also wild nights, sublime quays and the most select hotels in Europe. Difficult to imagine that in the Middle Ages, Montreux was just a set of small villages separated by vineyards and inhabited principally by a farming population.
Montreux at the end of the Middle Ages
The parish of Montreux is simultaneously under the control of the diocese of Sion and the diocese of Montreux. In 1317, a significant separation takes place between Le Châtelard and Les Planches. Girard d’Oran, the heir to the lands of Montreux, yields the villages of Les Planches and Veytaux to the Count of Savoy. The Savoy family reside in the Château de Chillon, today an historical monument. Between 1440 and 1444, the Château du Châtelard is built and becomes the property of the Gingins-La-Sarraz family, one of the most powerful families in the country.
