Burg Hohensax (Q1012438)

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  • English Wikipedia categories: 1200 establishments in Europe, 12th-century establishments in Switzerland, 1446 disestablishments in Europe, 15th-century disestablishments in Switzerland, Buildings and structures demolished in the 15th century, Castles in the canton of St. Gallen, Ruined castles in Switzerland
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Hohensax (German: Ruine Hohensax or German: Burg 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.

Summary from Deutsch / German Wikipedia (dewiki)

Die Ruine der Burg Hohensax, seltener Sax, liegt in der Gemeinde Sennwald im schweizerischen Kanton St. Gallen. Sie wurde um 1200 von den Freiherren von Sax errichtet und ist seit 1446 eine Ruine.

Summary from Français / French Wikipedia (frwiki)

Le château de Hohensax se situe dans la commune de Sennwald dans le canton de Saint-Gall en Suisse. Il a été construit par la famille von Sax vers 1200 et est en ruine depuis 1446.

Wikidata location: 47.2303, 9.4436 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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way: Burgruine Hohensax (OSM), 44 m from Wikidata [show tags]
name: Burgruine Hohensax
ruins: yes
access: yes
alt_name: Burgruine Sax
building: yes
historic: castle
wikidata: Q1012438
wikipedia: de:Burg Hohensax
castle_type: defensive
historic:civilization: medieval

wikidata match: Q1012438

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ruins (Q109607) building=ruins, historic=ruins
military facility (Q18691599) military
castle (Q23413) historic=castle
building (Q41176) building=yes, building

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Castles in the canton of St. Gallen historic=castle, tourism=attraction, place=locality, building=ruins, historic=ruins, historic=archaeological_site, building=castle, historic=tower_house
Ruined castles in Switzerland historic=castle, tourism=attraction, place=locality, building=ruins, historic=ruins, historic=archaeological_site, building=castle, historic=tower_house