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From the north, a relatively easy, clearly visible, unmarked path leads to the plateau on which Schnabelburg Castle stands. The descent to the south is very steep and, when the ground is wet and/or covered in autumn leaves, also very slippery.

Remains of the foundation walls of a former hilltop castle

The first structure dates back to the Bronze Age, while a later one was built in the Middle Ages. It was a manor house constructed of wood, resting on a stone base. No traces of a surrounding wall have been found. The originally much larger plateau shrank over time as parts of it repeatedly slipped away, thus eliminating any fortifications. Nevertheless, it can be assumed that a protective stone wall never existed; rather, only a palisade was built, which decayed over time.

The Schnabelburg is the ruins of a hilltop castle on the beak-shaped hill north of the Schnabellücke above the village of Hausen am Albis in the canton of Zurich. Source: Wikipedia

The Schnabelburg is the ruins of a hilltop castle on the beak-shaped hill north of the Schnabellücke above the village of Hausen am Albis in the canton of Zurich. Source: Wikipedia

Officially this ruin is called "Burgruine" Friesenberg (neither Goldbrunnen nor Friesenburg). Until the end of the 14th Century this was the country get-away of the Family Mülner from the town of Zurich.

Officially this ruin is called "Burgruine" Friesenberg (neither Goldbrunnegg nor Friesenburg). Until the end of the 14th Century this was the country get-away of the Family Mülner from the town of Zurich.

Ruins of an island castle south of the Limmat, founded in the 11th century and remodeled several times up until the 14th century. Like Glanzenberg Castle on the other bank of the river, Schönenwerd was also destroyed by the Zurichers. The preserved foundations of the residential tower, palace, rampart and farm buildings are visible.