Fenis Castle
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| Alternative name (s): | Hasenburg | |
| Creation time : | 11th century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Standing position : | Barons, counts | |
| Place: | Ins | |
| Geographical location | 47 ° 1 '28 " N , 7 ° 6' 49" E | |
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The castle Fenis , as Hasenburg called, is an Outbound medieval hilltop castle from the 11th century. It is located in the Swiss municipality of Ins in the canton of Bern .
Location and description
The castle is located on the Schlosshubel between Ins and Vinelz . Today some earth walls, terraces, the castle hill and approaches to the moat can still be seen, but the remains of the castle walls have not been preserved. The complex is very large compared to other castles in the region.
history
At the site of the castle there must have been a complex from the Hallstatt period to which the grave mounds of Ins were related. The castle was the ancestral seat of the barons and counts of Fenis. In 1117 the complex was destroyed by an earthquake .
swell
- Castle map of Switzerland - West: ISBN 978-3-302-09801-2 , Federal Office for Topography swisstopo, 2007
literature
- Paul Aeschbacher: The Counts of Nidau and their heirs . 1924.
- Walter Drack: Older Iron Age of Switzerland: Canton Bern . 1st part, 1958.
See also
Web links
Commons : Fenis Castle - Collection of images, videos and audio files
