Schnabelburg (Albis)

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Schnabelburg
Schnabelburg ruins (May 2007)

Schnabelburg ruins (May 2007)

Creation time : 1185 / around 1200 to 1270
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Hausen am Albis
Geographical location 47 ° 15 '47.7 "  N , 8 ° 32' 0.5"  O Coordinates: 47 ° 15 '47.7 "  N , 8 ° 32' 0.5"  E ; CH1903:  six hundred eighty-two thousand eight hundred fifty-nine  /  235282
Schnabelburg (Canton of Zurich)
Schnabelburg
Panorama of the ruins in June 2020 Show
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The Schnabelburg is the ruin of a hilltop castle on the beak-like elevation north of the Schnabellücke near the village of Hausen am Albis in the canton of Zurich .

history

1185 Walter I, Baron von Eschenbach , named himself after the newly built castle. However, it is not known for sure whether it was really the same castle, the ruin of which is known today. Archaeological studies of the castle complex have shown that the castle was probably built in the 13th century, and that it was built very hastily. However, no traces have been found in the area around the ruins that are visible today, which would suggest that another castle was built first.

In 1218 the last Duke of the Zähringer family , with whom the castle owners were connected, died, and the economic decline of the family of the Lords of Eschenbach-Schnabelburg began.

With Berchtold III. In 1270 von Eschenbach became a friend of Rudolf I von Habsburg, the new lord of the castle of Schnabelburg. Berchtold II fought with the Habsburgs in 1278 in the decisive battle on the Marchfeld against Ottokar von Böhmen . It can be assumed that the Eschenberg knight fell in the decisive battle near Göllheim in 1298 , as he then disappeared from the documents.

A son of Berchtold, Walter von Eschenbach , helped murder King Albrecht I of Habsburg in 1308 . After that he was given the imperial ban. In August 1309, the Habsburgs then besieged and captured the Schnabelburg in revenge for the regicide. According to archaeological findings, the castle was either not destroyed during the siege or was later rebuilt.

In 1955, Hugo Schneider carried out excavation work and conservation measures at the ruins.

See also

literature

  • Werner Meyer: The castles in the blood revenge feud of 1308/09 against the murderers of King Albrecht I , in: Château Gaillard 19, 2000, pp. 191-204.

Web links

Commons : Ruine Schnabelburg (Albis)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files