During the Early Middle Ages there was a small fort and church on the top of the Thun castle hill. The castle was built betwe ...
During the High Middle Ages the Freiherr von Oberhofen built Balm Castle on a hill above the village. In 1200, a daughter ...
According to Elogius Kiburger, the author of the Strättliger Chronicle, in 933 the King of Burgundy, Rudolph II, built the S ...
Schadau Palace is situated in the Schaudaupark, and was built between 1846 and 1854 according to the plans of Pierre-Charles ...
Büren Castle was built in 1621-24 as the residence of the Bernese Landvogt over the area. It was built on the site of four f ...
The Lords of Jegistorf were first mentioned in the 12th century, in the service of the Dukes of Zähringen. They built the la ...
Schwarzenburg Castle was built in 1573-76 to replace the increasingly expensive to maintain Grasburg Castle. From the beginni ...
While the builder of the Aarberg Castle is unknown, the city itself was founded between 1220 and 1225 by count Ulrich III of ...
Münchenwiler Castle is a former Cluniac priory. In 1080-81 the village was given by the brothers Gerold and Rudolf de Vilar ...
The rocky heights above Brienz Lake were first occupied and fortified by the Late-Bronze Age. During the Middle Ages, the lan ...
During the High Middle Ages the land that would become Burgdorf was owned by the Kingdom of Burgundy and then after 1080 by t ...
Nidau Castle is the landmark of the city, today housing cantonal administration and the museum. The museum has an interesting ...
Weissenau Castle was first mentioned in the historic record as castrum Wissenowe in 1298. It is unclear whether it was built ...
Tellenburg Castle was built around 1200 by the Lords of Kien. After the Lords of Kien, the Lords of Wädenswil became the own ...
In 999 the Abbot of Moutier-Grandval Abbey gave his extensive landholdings around Lake Biel, including where La Neuveville ...
Erlach Castle was built around 1090-1100 by Burkart von Fenis, the Bishop of Basel. In 1224, the castle and town of Erlach be ...
Unspunnen Castle, likely constructed in the early 12th century, overlooks the city of Interlaken. The castle was the center o ...
In 1550-54 the von Luternau family built the Belp Old Castle in the village to the site of earlier wooden castle. The Old Cas ...
The lords of Aarwangen were first mentioned between 1194 and 1212 as a Ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feud ...
The first structure on the site of Old Bümpliz Castle was a Burgundian royal estate which was built around 900. Around 1250- ...