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Vom Dübelstein zur Waldmannsburg
Adelssitz, Gedächtnisort und Forschungsobjekt
Put together as part of a joint project run by the Pro Waldmannsburg Society and the Archaeology Department of Canton Zurich in collaboration with the Swiss National Museum, this volume presents a comprehensive report on the history and archaeology of Dübelstein Castle.
The analysis of excavations carried out on behalf of the city authorities of Zurich by the historian and archaeologist Hans Erb in 1942/43 is the main focus of the publication. Using the structural remains and a rich assemblage of finds on one hand and written and pictorial sources on the other, it traces the history of the castle and its occupants from its founding in the 13th century to its destruction by fire in 1611.
Particular attention has been paid to its most famous occupant, the Zurich Mayor and swashbuckling war hero Hans Waldman, who owned it from 1487 until his death in 1489. It was in the context of the 400th anniversary of Waldmann’s death in 1889 that the castle took on its function as a place of remembrance.
