Hohensax castle
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Hohensax is a ruined castle in the Sennwald
municipality in the Swiss
canton St. Gallen.
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
.
Sennwald
Sennwald is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.-Geography:Sennwald has an area, , of . Of this area, 49.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 31.5% is forested...
municipality in the Swiss
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
canton St. Gallen.
The castle was built around 1200 by the barons
Freiherr
The German titles Freiherr and Freifrau and Freiin are titles of nobility, used preceding a person's given name or, after 1919, before the surname...
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
Old Zürich War
The Old Zürich War , 1440–46, was a conflict between the canton of Zürich and the other seven cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy over the succession to the Count of Toggenburg....
, the people of Appenzell
Appenzell
Appenzell is a region and historical canton in the northeast of Switzerland, entirely surrounded by the Canton of St. Gallen....
captured and slighted
Slighting
A slighting is the deliberate destruction, partial or complete, of a fortification without opposition. During the English Civil War this was to render it unusable as a fort.-Middle Ages:...
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
Canton of Linth
Linth was a canton of the Helvetic Republic from 1798 to 1803, consisting of Glarus and its subject County of Werdenberg, the Höfe and March districts of Schwyz and the Züricher subject Lordship of Sax, along with a handful of shared territories....
of the Helvetic Republic
Helvetic Republic
In Swiss history, the Helvetic Republic represented an early attempt to impose a central authority over Switzerland, which until then consisted mainly of self-governing cantons united by a loose military alliance, and conquered territories such as Vaud...
in 1798, and later the canton of St. Gallen
Canton of St. Gallen
The Canton of St. Gallen is a canton of Switzerland. St. Gallen is located in the north east of Switzerland. It covers an area of 2,026 km², and has a population of . , the population included 97,461 foreigners, or about 20.9% of the total population. The capital is St. Gallen. Spelling...
.
It included the villages of Sax, Salez and Gams
Gams
Gams is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.-History:Gams is first mentioned in 835 as Campesias. In 1210 it was mentioned as Chames, in 1236 as Gamps. Until the Middle Ages it was a Romansh village and was known in Romansh as...
.