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.

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…

Wülflingen Castle

Wülflingen Castle is a castle in the city of Winterthur and the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Alt-Wülflingen Castle

Alt-Wülflingen Castle is a castle in the city of Winterthur of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Ruine Kloster Berenberg

Ruins of the Mariazell am Beerenberg Augustinian monastery, located on the eastern slope of the Beerenberg hill.

Hegi Castle

Hegi Castle is a castle in the city of Winterthur of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland.

Schloss Mörsburg

Medieval hilltop castle northeast of Winterthur, featuring a late Romanesque residential tower and a chapel with 13th-century murals.

Schloss Wiesendangen

A 12th-century residential tower that historically served as a seat for local nobility.

Vitudurum

Vitudurum is the name of a Roman vicus, those remains are located in Oberwinterthur, a locality of the municipality of Winterthur in the…

Burg Rossberg

Archaeological remains of a medieval hilltop castle situated south of Winterthur near the Rossberg hamlet.