Burgstelle Wespersbühl

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Burgstelle Wespersbühl lies at the hamlet of Wespersbühl, west of Alten (municipality of Kleinandelfingen), at an elevation of about 394 m, above the Thur valley. No masonry survives, and only the western side of the moat is preserved. Old depictions show a powerful tower, a residential building and probably an enclosure of about 24 x 25.5 m. The castle, originally called ‘Westersbühl’, was probably founded at the beginning of the 13th century by ministerials of the Kyburgs. The succession deed of 1346 lists the tower with cellar and kemenate, a courtyard, an old house, a moat, a barn, a herb garden, a vineyard, woods and meadows. In 1553 the owners moved into a new manor house, the ‘Jägerhaus’, which is still inhabited; the ruin deteriorated, and by around 1781 only a section of wall remained.