Birseck Castle
47°29′31″N 7°37′43″E / 47.49194°N 7.62861°E / 47.49194; 7.62861Type hill castle Code CH-BL Site information Condition ruin Site history Built 1243/44 Garrison information Occupants counts
Birseck Castle (German: Burg Birseck) is located in the municipality of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country. Birseck Castle is also called "Untere Burg Birseck" or "Vordere Burg Birseck" and is one of four castles on a slope called Birseck that confines the plain of the Birs river.
The Eremitage building group that includes the castle is listed as a heritage site of national significance.[1]
Burg Reichenstein is the sister castle to Birseck and sits on a higher slope to the north.
References
- ^ "Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance". A-Objects. Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS). 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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Castles and Fortresses of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft
- Aesch
- Altenberg
- Angenstein
- Bärenfels
- Burg Castle
- Alt-Biederthal
- Binningen
- Hintere Birseck
- Vordere Birseck
- Mittlere Birseck
- Bischofstein
- Bottmingen
- Ebenrain
- Engenstein
- Farnsburg
- Frohberg
- Fürstenstein
- Gutenfels
- Holeeschlösschen
- Neu-Homburg
- Madeln
- Münchenstein
- Münchsberg
- Ödenburg
- Pfeffingen
- Pratteln
- Ränggen
- Ramstein
- Reichenstein
- Riedfluh
- Schalberg
- Alt-Schauenburg
- Neu-Schauenburg
- Schönenberg
- Sissacherfluh
- Spitzburg
- Fortified Church of St. Arbogast
- Waldenburg
- Hintere Wartenberg
- Mittlere Wartenberg
- Vordere Wartenberg
- Wild-Eptingen
- Wildenstein
- Zwingen
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- Castles of Switzerland
- Castles of Europe
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