Alt-Lägern ruins

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Alt-Lägern ruins
Remains of the wall of Lägern Castle

Remains of the wall of Lägern Castle

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 Coordinates: 47 ° 28 '54.7 "  N , 8 ° 23' 38.3"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred seventy-two thousand and seven  /  259449
Height: 866  m above sea level M.
Alt-Lägern ruins (Canton of Zurich)
Alt-Lägern ruins

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

Information board at the ruin

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 .

Web links

Commons : Ruine Alt-Lägern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files