Burg Moregg

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Le château en bref

The ruin of Moregg stands on a rocky spur between two ravines, at about 1250 m above sea level, in the municipality of Obersaxen (Grisons), near the hamlet of Affeier. Protected at the rear by an artificial ditch, it is dominated by the remains of a rectangular keep still standing to three storeys, together with traces of a shield wall; no trace of other buildings is visible. No written document sheds light on its foundation, which is generally dated to around 1200 in the context of the settlement of Walser colonists. The name appears only through an estate, the "guot Moreck", mentioned in 1468 during the agreement over the Rhäzüns inheritance, whence the hypothesis that the castle and the estate belonged to them. It is assumed that the fortress was abandoned once the Walser inhabitants themselves obtained low justice, around the middle of the 14th century. Listed by the Surselva regional tourism organisation, the ruin can be seen from the path climbing towards Affeier, on the other side of the torrent.