Hasenburg Ruins

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Hasenburg is a Burgstelle, the site of a vanished castle, in the municipality of Bergdietikon (Aargau), about 200 m north of the hamlet of Gwinden, on the eastern slope overlooking the Reppisch valley, at the locality known as Burgacher. According to the cantonal inventory, the structure dates from the 11th to the 13th century. It originally consisted of a square tower surrounded by a courtyard enclosed by an arched wall, then a palas with an outer enceinte, probably rebuilt after a fire towards the end of the 12th century, and an annexe. It may have served as a watch post over the Mutschellen pass. A late Zurich chronicle reports that the Zurichers took the Hasenburg in 1353, at the same time as the neighbouring castle of Kindhausen; the dates given for its end vary between sources. Masonry was still visible in the 19th century before being reused in the houses of Gwinden and for roads; foundations were partially uncovered during excavations in 1936–1937, resumed in 1957. The remains are now buried and invisible; the occupants are not known from the documents.