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Moosburg Castle Ruins

Name: Moosburg Castle Ruins
Rating: 2

Recommended by 13 hikers

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Location: Illnau-Effretikon, Pfäffikon, Zurich, Switzerland

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1. View of Billikon – Kyburg Castle loop from Effretikon

25.8km

07:20

540m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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2. Örmis Nature Reserve – Naturbad Bisikon loop from Effretikon

13.6km

03:34

100m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Gstück viewpoint – Naturbad Bisikon loop from Illnau

11.5km

03:04

130m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Heloks

February 21, 2021

Beautiful ruin in the middle of the Effretikon park. There is also a toilet and several bodies of water in the area.
Unfortunately, the untidy village youth seem to like to celebrate on the ruins ...
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Ruins of a former moated castle, which Count Hartmann IV. Von Kyburg had built in 1254 for his wife Margaretha of Savoy. From the complex, which was destroyed in 1444 in the Old Zurich War, the rather insensitive preserved foundations of a tower with megalithic masonry as well as remains of the curtain wall and a few extensions can be seen.

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Stephen

January 4, 2023

Always exciting what you discover with Komoot. I had no idea there was a ruined castle so close to Effretikon station, and a beautiful one at that.

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Elevation 500 m

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Location: Illnau-Effretikon, Pfäffikon, Zurich, Switzerland

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Moosburg Castle Ruins

1. View of Billikon – Kyburg Castle loop from Effretikon

2. Örmis Nature Reserve – Naturbad Bisikon loop from Effretikon

3. Gstück viewpoint – Naturbad Bisikon loop from Illnau

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