Birseck Castle Explained

Birseck Castle
Native Name:Ruine or Schloss Birseck
Built:1243/44
Type:hill castle
Condition:ruin
Location:Arlesheim
Occupants:counts
Coordinates:47.4919°N 7.6286°W
Map Type:Canton of Basel-Land#Switzerland
Code:CH-BL

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Swiss inventory of cultural property of national and regional significance . 1 January 2018 . A-Objects . Federal Office for Cultural Protection (BABS) . 12 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160902033944/http://www.babs.admin.ch/de/aufgabenbabs/kgs/inventar/a-objekte.html . 2 September 2016 . dead .