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Name Image Location Type Date Notes Appenzell Castle: Appenzell: Manor house: 1563: Original owner Antoni Löw executed 1584. 1584-1682 used as Franciscan monastery. Today known as "Doctor's House" and privately owned.
The New Castle was built surrounded by parks and gardens southwest of the Old Castle. During construction, much of the Old Castle was pulled down or rebuilt. The old half-round tower, the south-west and south-east housing tracts and the Abortturm were all demolished. The moat was drained and filled in.
The Upper Middle Castle was the oldest of the four castles. It was built in the mid-14th century and was first mentioned in 1377 as a fief granted by Saint Alban Monastery to the knightly von Ramstein family. [3] The castle was surrounded by battlements and a moat until about the 16th century. It was owned by the monastery until 1470, though it ...
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An excavation in 1968/69 discovered that the plaster on the walls had turned red, a sign that it had been exposed to a large fire. Whether the fire forced the Castelbergs to abandon the castle or if it happened after they left is unknown. By the 16th century it was described as a ruin. [2] [3] After abandoning the castle, the family grew in power.
In 1528 the castle was renovated and the walls and moat were repaired. Abbot Joachim Eichhorn (1544-1569) built a new Gothic chapel and expanded the granary in the castle. In 1577 a fire destroyed much of the Abbey and the village of Einsiedeln. The monks and villagers moved to the Castle for 7 months until the Abbey and their homes were repaired.
However, in the 16th century the medieval water castle outside the village was destroyed in a fire. In 1554, Niklaus von Scharnachtal had a new Hünigen Castle built near the mill at Stalden (in what is now Konolfingen). He had the original stones moved from the old castle site to the new site. [1]
Habsburg Castle (German: Schloss Habsburg, pronounced [ˌʃlɔs ˈhaːpsbʊʁk] ⓘ) is a medieval fortress located in what is now Habsburg, Switzerland, in the canton of Aargau, near the Aar River. At the time of its construction, the location was part of the Duchy of Swabia .