Schwandiholz ruins
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| Creation time : | High Middle Ages | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Ruin, few remains of the wall | |
| Place: | Stettlen | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 57 '50.7 " N , 7 ° 30' 43.6" O | |
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The Schwandiholz or Schwandiburg ruins are the ruins of a medieval hilltop castle that was probably built in the High Middle Ages . It is located in today's Schwandiholz in the municipality of Stettlen in the canton of Bern . Only a few remains of the wall have survived.
Location and description
The ruins of the Schwandiburg are located northeast of the former Deisswil cardboard factory in Schwandiholz on a flattened hill. It essentially consists of three parts: the main castle square (tower, palas , chapel and surrounding wall ), the outwork on a separate plateau and the ring wall around the castle hill. Parts of this ring wall can still be seen today.
history
Little is known of the history of the castle. Probably built in different stages between the 9th and 13th centuries, it was destroyed by the Bernese at the end of the 13th century. Lords of the castle were the "Lords of Stetleton" mentioned in a few documents. Otto Tschumi , former curator of the Historisches Museum Bern , excavated and documented parts of the castle with unemployed teachers in the summer of 1938.
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- O. Tschumi: The excavation of the medieval castle ruins Schwandiburg , 1939
- The castles and palaces of Switzerland, delivery Xb 1942
- Castle map of Switzerland, part west
Web links
- Schwandiholz ruins on burgseite.ch
- Description and pictures of Schwandiburg on uechtland.ch
- ne .: The Bern area then and now. Crumbled and vanished castles around Bern - The Schwandiburg. In: Historical calendar, or, The limping bot - 243rd year. Stämpfli & Cie AG, 1970, pp. 76-78 (3 pages) , accessed on March 23, 2019 (description of the 1939 excavation with a sketch of the castle floor plan).
- Pictures of the Schwandiburg near Deisswil on dillum.ch