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Grüningen Castle is a castle in the village of Grüningen in the Swiss canton of Zurich.
The castle was built as a fortress before 1229. In its early period it belonged to the Lords of Regensberg. During the Grüningen bailiwick (Landvogtei Grüningen), it was the seat of the bailiffs appointed by Zurich. Of the original complex, only the palas and the keep remain, the keep having been demolished to its current height in 1783. A fire at the church on the night of 19 to 20 October 1970 also damaged the castle. The roof structure and the top floor had to be rebuilt as a result.
The castle, which in the meantime also served as a vicarage, was comprehensively renovated in 2015–2016. The upper two floors now house a conference centre with meeting and seminar rooms. A castle café has opened in the basement. In addition, the castle houses a museum on the first floor, displaying various medieval weapons and tools.
On the site of today's Reformed Church of Grüningen, a castle chapel had stood since at least 1396. It was extended in 1610, the year it was elevated to a parish church, and again in 1649. In 1782 it was demolished, and by the following year the church in early Neoclassical style, still largely in this form today, had been built on its site. In the fire of 1970 it burned down to the outer walls and was rebuilt between May 1975 and March 1977.
