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Castle Attractions In Winterthur

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Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zürich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth-largest population, estimated at over 108,000 people, and the ninth largest agglomeration with about 138,000 inhabitants. Today Winterthur is a service and high-tech industrial satellite city within Greater Zürich, located approximately 20 kilometres to northwest of downtown Zürich, and only 20 minutes by train. The official language of Winterthur is German, but the main spoken language is the local variant of the Alemannic Swiss German dialect. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, Winterthur is usually abbreviated as Winti. Winterthur is connect...
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  • 1. Kyburg Winterthur
    The County of Kyburg existed from 1053 as a possession of the counts of Dillingen. It was greatly expanded with the extinction of the House of Lenzburg in 1173. During 1180–1250, the counts of Kyburg existed as a separate cadet line of the counts of Dillingen. The county was ruled by Hartmann V, nephew of the last count of Kyburg in the agnatic line, during 1251–1263. It then passed to the House of Habsburg as possession of the counts of Neu-Kyburg after the extinction of the agnatic line of the House of Kyburg, until the extinction of Neu-Kyburg in 1417. It then passed under direct Habsburg suzerainty, then briefly to Zürich , to emperor Frederick III and back to Zürich in 1452, from which time it was administered as a bailiwick of Zürich until the establishment of the Helvetic Rep...
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  • 2. Schloss Hegi Winterthur
    Hegi Castle is a castle in the city of Winterthur of the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
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