~ House of Wolfsberg ~

BAUMA, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND. Photograph taken around 1926, looking south; was provided by Heini and Irene WOLFENSBERGER.

KNIGHT BALDERBERT

The first known member of the Wolfensberger family was Knight Balderbert, 1233 -1259. The Noble Knight was probably Knighted when he was a leader on the third crusade. Knight Balderbert, and others of his family, endowed the Monastery at Ruti where the family Coat of Arms was displayed and where many of the family lay buried. The home of the Noble Knight was the Castle Wolfsberg also called Altlandenberg, and was on a steep mountain near the present town of Bauma in northeast Switzerland. The Castle is listed in the Book of Castles of Zurich. Now, only the steep hill with the flattened top remains of the castle.