Burgdorf Castle sits enthroned on a mighty rock. Around 1200, Duke Berchtold V of Zähringen had the older castle replaced by today's mighty palace. At that time, Burgdorf was one …
Probably from the early Middle Ages to the fire of 1383, the rather large castle of the Bucheggberg counts and their descendants stood on the hill. The present tower was …
In 1667, the Schanzenbau in Solothurn started laying the foundation stone of the Riedholzschanze. The suburban hills followed from 1685/1686 (Fig. 1). First the three bastions …
The House of Habsburg made claim to the whole Central Plateau. Already in 1295 Solothurn therefore concluded an alliance with the more powerful neighboring city of Bern. After his …