Alt-Lägern ruins
Alt-Lägern ruins | ||
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Remains of the wall of Lägern Castle |
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Creation time : | around 1244 to 1246 | |
Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
Conservation status: | ruin | |
Standing position : | Free nobles | |
Place: | Warehouses | |
Geographical location | 47 ° 28 '54.7 " N , 8 ° 23' 38.3" E | |
Height: | 866 m above sea level M. | |
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The Alt-Lägern castle ruins are located near Boppelsen and Regensberg in the Dielsdorf district of the canton of Zurich .
location
The ruins of the Höhenburg are located on the narrow ridge of the Lägern at 866 m above sea level. M. west of the so-called "Hochwacht".
history
Due to the small finds that have been secured, Lägern Castle - also known as Hohen- or Altlägern - must have been built in connection with the establishment of the town of Regensberg by Baron Lütold V from 1244 to 1246 as the seat of his servants there, the Knights of Lägern. According to the finds, the castle must have been destroyed before 1300 - possibly in the so-called Regensberg feud of 1267 - whereupon the lords of Lägern became completely impoverished and died out.
In the years 1902–1904 extensive excavations took place under the supervision of the antiquarian society Zurich , which could not be completed due to lack of money. The surrounding walls describe a rectangle of around 67 m by 20 m. Some interior walls indicate residential and economic buildings. There are no remains of a tower. In 1982 the walls, some of which had been severely broken, were repaired by the municipality of Boppelsen and the canton of Zurich .