Sellenbueren Castle

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Sellenbueren Castle
Furnace güpf

Furnace güpf

Creation time : 11th century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Standing position : Gentry
Geographical location 47 ° 20 '40.9 "  N , 8 ° 29' 12.2"  O Coordinates: 47 ° 20 '40.9 "  N , 8 ° 29' 12.2"  E ; CH1903:  679 200  /  244290
Sellenbüren Castle (Canton of Zurich)
Sellenbueren Castle

The Sellenbüren ruin is a ruin of a hilltop castle located near the village of Sellenbüren in the area of ​​the municipality of Stallikon , on the western flank of the Uetliberg . From its summit, the Uto Kulm, a sharp ridge stretches west into the Reppischtal and widens in between to the Ofengüpf, the location of the former Sellenbüren Castle. The square was well suited as a location, as it was practically free of storms on three sides; the fourth side could be sealed off relatively easily by creating a neck ditch .

The first and only excavation was carried out in 1950/51.

investment

The first system came from the Bronze Age , a later one was built in the Middle Ages . It was a wooden mansion built on a stone plinth. No traces of a curtain wall were found. The originally much larger plateau shrank over the course of time, as parts of it repeatedly slipped off and any attachment disappeared. Nevertheless, it can be assumed that a stone protective wall never existed, but probably only a palisade was built, which rotted over time.

Finds

The finds were not very numerous: ceramic shards, horseshoe fragments, arrowheads, two keys, a knife, a belt buckle and a beautifully decorated spur are among the few finds. Together with the construction, the finds indicate that the complex was abandoned in the 12th century.

history

The castle is attributed to the barons of Sellenbüren . Presumably they did not have their ancestral castle here, but on the Uetliburg . It may have been inhabited by servants. The sources are poor as the castle does not appear in medieval sources. The castle was apparently founded in the 11th century and abandoned in the 12th century. According to the excavation report from 1950/51, it was cleared by its residents and then set on fire.

literature

  • Martin Hürlimann-Schmidheiny, Walter Drack: The Üetliberg. Silva , Zurich 1984.
  • Hugo Schneider: The castles and their inhabitants . In: Walter Drack et old: The Üetliberg . Orell Füssli, Zurich 1984, pp. 53-80. ISBN 3-280-01656-8
  • Hugo Schneider: Sellenbüren: A contribution to castle history of the high Middle Ages in Switzerland . In: Journal for Swiss Archeology and Art History, Volume 14 / Issue 1. Basel 1953, pp. 68–82.
  • Heidi Bono-Haller: 850 years of Stallikon: 1124–1974 . Edited by the municipality of Stallikon 1974, pp. 8–12.
  • Emil Stauber: The castles and noble families of the districts of Zurich, Affoltern and Horgen . Basel 1955, pp. 110-112.
  • H. Zeller-Werdmüller: Zurich castles . In: Communications from the Antiquarian Society in Zurich, 48./49. Jhrg. 1894/1895, p. 369.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Burg sellenbüren. Retrieved November 11, 2009 .
  2. ^ Burgstelle Sellenbüren / Stallikon - Canton of Zurich. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 11, 2009 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.dickemauern.de