Seeburg Castle

Kreuzlingen, Switzerland

The site of current Seeburg castle was mentioned first time in 740 AD. The construction of current castle was started in the 11th century (around 1036). It was largely extended by Wichmann von Seeburg, later Archbishop of Magdeburg (1115-1192). The next renovations took place in the 14th and 15th centuries, when the castle was flanked by towers and a gatehouse under the rule of Counts of Mansfeld.

Later Seeburg was left to decay until the Counts of Ingenheim sold it in 1880 to the Wendenburg family. In 1923, Erich Wendenburg commissioned the architect Paul Schultze-Naumburg to completely restore the building in neo-Gothic style.

Address

Seeweg 5, Kreuzlingen, Switzerland

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Details

Founded: 11th century
Category: Castles and fortifications in Switzerland

More Information

en.wikipedia.org

Rating

4.5/5 (based on Google user reviews)

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User Reviews

Damaris Kazor (11 months ago)
Fantastic location with fantastic terrace with views over the lake. Small menu with local ingredients, fabulously prepared dishes. Leave room for dessert!!

Klaus Salmhofer (13 months ago)
Smaller than expected. Dinner was nice. The location is great, just the restaurant itself was way more tiny than expected.

Liz Theiler (2 years ago)
The food was well presented and delicious. The ambiance perfect on the terrace but the waiter bordered on rude. Refused to acknowledge he had served me black tea when I requested fruit tea. He just ignored my request. Only when I went to the chief of service was this corrected. Surprisingly poor service in such a fine restaurant. Not what we expected

Rudy Federici (2 years ago)
We were in the self service lounge outside...

Storm Shadown (3 years ago)
Beautiful place greate food excellent view from balcony on lake really quiet.

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