Hohensax Castle Ruins

Sennwald, Switzerland

Hohensax is a ruined castle in the Sennwald. The castle was built around 1200 by the barons of Sax, and was destroyed in 1446. In 1248, the castle passed to Ulrich von Sax, founder of the Sax-Hohensax line of the noble family. The castle was plundered in a feud of 1393, and sold together with the villages of Sax and Gams to the dukes of Austria. In the Old Zürich War, the people of Appenzell captured and slighted the castle in 1446.

After this, the barons of Hohensax resided in the nearby Forstegg castle at Salez. In 1640, the ruin passed to the barony of Sax-Forstegg, one of the constituent parts of the canton of Linth of the Helvetic Republic in 1798, and later the canton of St. Gallen. It included the villages of Sax, Salez and Gams.

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Founded: c. 1200
Category: Castles and fortifications in Switzerland

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Serkan Yildiz (21 days ago)
Nice place, a walk through the forest and a barbecue area available twice. Parking is downstairs 20 minutes walk
john allard (3 years ago)
Beautiful ruins with 2 great Grillplatz
Guido Bischofberger (4 years ago)
The Appenzell people did the rest of the property with a steep ascent but a beautiful location
Martina Kobler (4 years ago)
Wonderful barbecue area with a large fire bowl
renato erhard (4 years ago)
Generous fireplace Rather a small ruin with little view
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