Switzerland · 17th century
Horben Castle (German: Schloss Horben) is a castle in the municipality of Beinwil (Freiamt) in the canton of Aargau. It is located at an elevation of 818 meters (2,684 ft) in the Horben-Hochebene near the border with the Canton of Lucerne.
In the 12th century Muri Abbey owned a farm on the Horben hill. Then, in 1700 Abbot Placidus Zurlauben build a rest home for the sacristan on the hill. The lower Prince-Abbot Gerold Haimb had the Chapel of St. Wendelin and Ubaldus built in 1730 near the home. Between 1752 and 1776, during Abbot Bonaventure Bucher's term of office, the house and chapel were rebuilt into their present form. In 1762 the interior was furnished with wall paintings and rococo statues by Caspar Wolf. After the dissolution of the monasteries in the Aargau in 1841, Horgen Castle was acquired by the Canton. In 1842 it was sold to a private purchaser. Initially it belonged, together with the nearby monastery, to the National Councilman Peter Suter from Sins. From 1885 to 1913 it was owned by District Officer Kaspar Weber of Muri, and since 1913 by the family Borsing. In 1979–80 the castle underwent a total restoration.
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Horben Castle ranks #7,709 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #163 of the 213 mapped in Switzerland. Founded 1700, it is older than 21% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 721 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. 14 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Winterthur, 43 km away. See how Switzerland compares in the castle statistics.
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