Blankenburg Castle (German:
Schloss Blankenburg) is a castle and administrative center in the municipality of Zweisimmen in the canton of
Bern 
in
Switzerland 
.
History
Almost nothing is known about who built the castle or when it was originally built. It first appears in the historical record in 1329 in the possession of the Freiherren von Weissenburg. It was then acquired by the Lords of Tüdingen (Duedingen) and in 1356 became the center of their Herrschaft of Mannenberg-Laubegg. In 1378 the Lord of Düdingen sold the lands and castles to
Fribourg 
following an uprising. After the
Battle of Sempach 
in 1386, Bern conquered the Simmen river valley (Simmental) and acquired Zweisimmen.