Historic Castles and Ruins
This collection spans two millennia of history in the Winterthur region, from the Roman vicus of Vitudurum to medieval strongholds. It includes well-preserved sites like Kyburg Castle, which houses a museum overlooking the Töss river, and Hegi Castle, a late-Gothic manor. Visitors can explore archaeological ruins such as the 13th-century Alt-Wülflingen, the former Augustinian monastery at Berenberg, and the remains of the Rossberg hilltop fortress.
A Castle Kyburg
Kyburg Castle is a castle in Switzerland, overlooking the Töss river about 3 km south-east of Winterthur, in Kyburg municipality, canton of…
B Wülflingen Castle
Wülflingen Castle is a castle in the city of Winterthur and the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
C Alt-Wülflingen Castle
Alt-Wülflingen Castle is a castle in the city of Winterthur of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
D Ruine Kloster Berenberg
Ruins of the Mariazell am Beerenberg Augustinian monastery, located on the eastern slope of the Beerenberg hill.
E Hegi Castle
Hegi Castle is a castle in the city of Winterthur of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.
F Schloss Mörsburg
Medieval hilltop castle northeast of Winterthur, featuring a late Romanesque residential tower and a chapel with 13th-century murals.
G Schloss Wiesendangen
A 12th-century residential tower that historically served as a seat for local nobility.
H Vitudurum
Vitudurum is the name of a Roman vicus, those remains are located in Oberwinterthur, a locality of the municipality of Winterthur in the…
I Burg Rossberg
Archaeological remains of a medieval hilltop castle situated south of Winterthur near the Rossberg hamlet.
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