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Ruine Baliken
Wald, Zürich, Switzerland
Ruine Baliken, also known as Oberes Baliken Castle ruins, is a medieval castle remnant in the municipality of Wald in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, constructed around 1200 as part of a network of cleared-land fortifications during regional development.
Built likely by local nobility to control forested territories, the hilltop site features scattered stone foundations and earthworks, abandoned in the late Middle Ages amid shifting power dynamics. Listed among Switzerland's notable castle ruins, it serves as a protected archaeological site accessible by hiking trails, offering insights into early 13th-century defensive architecture in the Zürich Oberland landscape.
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Ruine Oberes Baliken, 8636 Wald, Switzerland
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