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The history of Wildenburg near Baar in the canton of Zug in Switzerland; told in 3 minutes. The well-kept castle ruin is situated on a hiking trail near the Lorzentobel and is a recommended destination for hikers, explorers and those interested in history.
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On a rock spur above the gorge dug by the Schwerzenbach and the Lorze, stands the ruin of the Wildenburg. Built in the 13th century by a branch of the Lords of Hünenberg, who were vassals of the Counts of Kyburg and the Habsburgs, it controlled the traffic from the valley to the higher villages.
It is assumed that the first complex consisted merely of a stone ring with wooden buildings leaning against it. The round keep with a wall thickness of a stately 3.5 meters and a palace in the northeast corner followed later. Earlier representations of the castle suggest that there was once a second ring of walls. However, there is no trace of this today.
The first written mention of the castle dates from 1309, when it was still called Wildenberg and is considered the most important part of Gottfried von Hünenberg's legacy.
The Knights of Hünenberg fought in 1386 in the Battle of Sempach for the Habsburgs against the Swiss Confederates. After the defeat their ancestral castle Hünenberg was destroyed. It is unclear whether the Wildenburg was also devastated at that time.
It is documented that the family had to sell their property in the following decades. But the Wildenburg remained in the possession of the Hünenberg family. In 1416 the directly surrounding estates of the castle were bought by farmers from Grüt. It is unclear how long the Hünenbergers lived in the castle, after all, they had been citizens of the town of Zug since 1383. The last male descendant probably died around 1450.
From then on at the latest, the Wildenburg was left to decay. In the 16th century it was used as a quarry.
Before the first excavations in 1938, only the uppermost parts of the keep were still visible. After the castle ruins were uncovered, they were insufficiently conserved and the decay continued. In 1956, the north-western corner of the Wildenburg finally collapsed into the adjacent gorge.
In 1978 the castle became the property of Canton Zug. Thanks to the private initiative of the Pro Wildenburg association, a complete restoration including archaeological follow-up investigations was carried out in 1985.
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