Schauenberg Castle
Sign in to savethumb|Reconstruction (scale model) of Schauenberg castle Schauenberg is a hill and ruined castle near Turbenthal, canton of Zurich, at elevation. There were fortifications since the Iron Age, and since the early 13th century, there was a wooden structure, in the 1250s extended to a massive keep. The fortress was destroyed in 1344. From 1622, Zurich maintained a system of beacons as a warning system, and signals from Schauenberg could be seen at Schnabel (Albis), Pfannenstiel, Tämbrig (above Hermatswil), Uetliberg, Lägern, Zürichberg, Mörsburg, Kyburg, Stammheimerberg and even Hohenklingen.
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- Instance of
- mountain
- Country
- Switzerland
- Located in
- Elgg
- Elevation
- 565
- Location
- Hofstetten
- Image
- Schauenberg Ost.jpg
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- street address
- Schauenberg, 8354 Hofstetten
- postal code
- 8354
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Hofstetten
- Commons category
- Ruine Schauenberg
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thumb|Reconstruction (scale model) of Schauenberg castle Schauenberg is a hill and ruined castle near Turbenthal, canton of Zurich, at elevation. There were fortifications since the Iron Age, and since the early 13th century, there was a wooden structure, in the 1250s extended to a massive keep. The fortress was destroyed in 1344. From 1622, Zurich maintained a system of beacons as a warning system, and signals from Schauenberg could be seen at Schnabel (Albis), Pfannenstiel, Tämbrig (above Hermatswil), Uetliberg, Lägern, Zürichberg, Mörsburg, Kyburg, Stammheimerberg and even Hohenklingen.
The cantonal archeology department conducted excavations at the site between 1976 and 1979.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schauenberg Castle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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