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Lägern Castle Ruins

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Location: Boppelsen, Dielsdorf, Zurich, Switzerland

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2. Lägernsattel Ridge Trail – View from Lägern Hochwacht loop from Wettingen

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3. View from Lägern Hochwacht – Lägerngrat Ridge Trail loop from Regensberg

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Matto

September 11, 2020

In front of the ruin is a nice barbecue area, good description of the history of the ruin.

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Bertram

April 21, 2018

Some moss-covered walls are all that is still visible from the castle Lägern, the ancestral seat of the Lords of Regensberg.

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Willy - Francesco

November 5, 2020

Due to the small finds that were found, Lägern Castle - also known as Hohen- or Altlägern - must have been built in connection with the establishment of the town of Regensberg by Baron Lütold V from 1244 to 1246 as the seat of his servants, the Knights of Lägern. According to the finds, the castle must have been destroyed before 1300 - possibly in the so-called Regensberg feud of 1267 - whereupon the lords of Lägern became completely impoverished and died out.

In the years 1902–1904, extensive excavations took place under the supervision of the Zurich antiquarian society, but could not be completed due to lack of funds. The surrounding walls describe a rectangle of around 67 m by 20 m. Some interior walls indicate residential and economic buildings. There are no remains of a tower. In 1982 the walls, some of which had been severely broken, were repaired by the municipality of Boppelsen and the canton of Zurich.

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Location: Boppelsen, Dielsdorf, Zurich, Switzerland

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Lägern Castle Ruins

1. Lägernsattel Ridge Trail – Lägerngrat Ridge Trail loop from Regensberg

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