Habsburg , Castle, Switzerland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
HABSBURG , castle, Switzerland haps boorkh, castle, Aargau canton, N Switzerland, near the Aare River. Built c.1030, it served during the 12th and 13th cent. as the seat of the counts of Habsburg or Hapsburg , whose name derives from the castle Ger. Habichtsburg =hawks castle. ____________________ The Columbia...