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Multberg Castle Site

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Multberg Castle Site

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Location: Pfungen, Bezirk Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland

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1. Pfungen Waterfall – Multberg Castle Site loop from Pfungen

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2. Multberg Castle Site – Pine Forest with Orchids loop from Niederfeld

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3. Orchid Meadow – Pine Forest with Orchids loop from Pfungen

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April 25, 2022

No remains of the walls are visible from the castle. The castle site lies on a plateau at the top of the mountain, measuring about 45 × 25 meters and protected by ditches on the west and east sides. The terrain drops steeply on all sides around the castle site. Archaeological finds made during excavations in 1953 show that the site was inhabited as early as the late Bronze Age.

The excavations showed that the castle was surrounded by a pentagonal ring wall made of sandstone blocks, 1.8 to 3.4 m thick. An opening on the south side was closed with a 22.4 long wooden palisade. Neither a tower nor a residential building was found, so it can be assumed that the inhabitants lived in wooden buildings along the inside of the curtain wall. During the excavations, small finds such as pottery shards, buckles, arrowheads, crossbow bolts, keys, decorative bronze nails and boar tusks were made. After the excavations were completed, the remains of the wall were covered up again.

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The Multberg rises southeast of the village of Pfungen in the lower Töss Valley. The summit plateau, measuring approximately 45 x 25 meters, is protected by ditches on the west and east sides, and the terrain drops steeply all around. According to archaeological findings, Multberg Castle was built around the middle of the 13th century. Construction appears to have been carried out under time pressure and was rather makeshift. Whether the castle ever served as a permanent residence is questionable. Its builders are believed to have been the Barons of Wart, who at that time also owned the neighboring castles of Pfungen and Wart. The original name of the castle is unknown. Its destruction occurred in the spring of 1309. After Rudolf III of Wart had actively participated in the assassination of King Albrecht I of Habsburg the previous year, Multberg, along with Wart, fell victim to the Habsburg campaign of revenge under Duke Leopold I of Austria. The chronicler Johannes von Winterthur reports that he saw two castles burning at that time: they must have been Wart and Multberg.

It's a bit of a shame that there is no information plaque on site about the former castle and its history.

burgenwelt.org/schweiz/multberg/object.php

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Location: Pfungen, Bezirk Winterthur, Zurich, Switzerland

Multberg Castle Site

1. Pfungen Waterfall – Multberg Castle Site loop from Pfungen

2. Multberg Castle Site – Pine Forest with Orchids loop from Niederfeld

3. Orchid Meadow – Pine Forest with Orchids loop from Pfungen

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