Old Wartburg

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Old Wartburg
Residential tower, in the background the Neu-Wartburg weather vane

Residential tower, in the background the Neu-Wartburg weather vane

Creation time : 1200
Castle type : Höhenburg, summit location
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Oftringen
Geographical location 47 ° 19 '59.7 "  N , 7 ° 55' 8.4"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 19 '59.7 "  N , 7 ° 55' 8.4"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred thirty-six thousand three hundred and nine  /  242599
Height: 632  m above sea level M.

The Alt-Wartburg is the ruin of a hilltop castle in the municipality of Oftringen in the Swiss canton of Aargau .

location

The ruin is located at 632  m above sea level. M. on the Säli, a secondary peak of the Engelberg chain, which overlooks the Aare valley and the Wiggertal . Just 150 meters further north is the Neu-Wartburg (also called Sälischlössli ), but in the area of ​​the Starrkirch-Wil community .

history

Castle courtyard with curtain wall and filter cistern

Shortly before the year 1200, the lords of Ifenthal had the castle built. Older research was carried out by the Counts of Frohburg . From 1201 a Werner von Ifenthal becomes evident in documents; With the construction of the Alt-Wartburg and later the Neu-Wartburg, the Ifenthalers probably tried to break away from their vassal relationship with the Frohburgers. A significant expansion took place during the 13th century and structural development was completed in 1325.

In the middle of the 14th century, the Alt-Wartburg came into the possession of the related lords of Büttikon . They sold the property to Hallwyler in 1379 . When the Confederates conquered Aargau in 1415, Bernese troops burned down the two Wartburgs. While the Hallwylers later rebuilt the Neu-Wartburg, they let the old-Wartburg fall to ruin.

In 1966/67 the remains of the wall were excavated and restored. Smashed remains of tiled stoves and clay tiles from a fallen floor were discovered in the layer of fire.

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