En un regard
Le château en bref
Uster Castle stands on a hill south of the town centre, at an altitude of 499 m, overlooking Greifensee. Its core is a residential tower of sandstone dating from around 1200, measuring 11.1 m along each side, with walls 3.4 m thick; only the medieval base survives, the stepped-gable crowning dating from 1917. Buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries housed the district administration and a prison. Owned by the municipality since 1916 thanks to the donation of manufacturer Jakob Heusser-Staub, the site hosted a school of domestic economy from 1919, then, since 1995, a private school.