Burgstelle Hoh-Wülflingen

En un regard

Le château en bref

Hoh-Wülflingen, also called Hoch-Wülflingen or Neuburg, is a vanished castle site above Winterthur (Wülflingen), on a wooded hill 595 m above sea level that overlooks the Totentäli, opposite the ruin of Alt-Wülflingen, the former comital fortress. It was a second fortification: the name Neuburg remained with the neighbouring hamlet, while the hill gradually took the name Hoh-Wülflingen. Only a triangular plateau survives, defended by ditches cut across the neck of the spur, with a few traces of masonry. Its founder is not known: a "Rudolf, Meier von Neuburg", cited in 1254, is probably the first mention, and the site became a Habsburg fief after 1264, held by meiers until 1369. It is not known whether it collapsed or was destroyed. Five Roman coins found in 1717 suggest, without proof, an ancient watch post. The Swiss Alpine Club became its owner in 1880 and offered it in 1906 to the Winterthur tourist office; Zurich archaeology surveyed the site and its two ditches around 2000.