En un regard
Le château en bref
On the spur of the Burgstock, at about 503 m above sea level, the ruins of Neuenburg overlook the southern slope of the Ottenberg above Weinfelden. This spur castle was probably built in the 13th century. Written sources are scarce, and its founding remains hypothetical: the barons of Bussnang are put forward as its founders. The Historical Dictionary of Switzerland lists Neuenburg among the seigniorial seats of the Ottenberg that were probably destroyed during the Appenzell Wars (1405–1407). The main castle, of triangular plan, occupied the plateau; only a section of the southern curtain wall, some forty metres long, survives, and a deep ditch cuts across the approach on the mountain side.